Re: (LONG) Sketch by a novice, please criticize/help/flame/etc

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From: Paul Bennett <Paul.Bennett@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 1:45 PM
Subject: (LONG) Sketch by a novice, please criticize/help/flame/etc
> Phonology
>
> Phonological terms are as classified by native speakers, rather than being
> "close"
> descriptions.
>
>          Orthographic      ASCII-IPA
>          Front Mid  Back   Fr  Md  Bk
> Plosive  p     k    t      p   k   t
> Aspirate ph    kh   th     p_h k_h t_h
> Nasal    m     n    ng     m   n   N
> Sibilant s     s'   c      s   S   tS
> Liquid   w     r    y      w   *   j
>
> Open     i     e    a      i   e   a
> Closed   u     e"   o      V   @   O
> L Open   ii    ee   aa     i:  e:  a:
> L Closed uu    e"e" oo     V:  @:  O:
A few things here... first, I don't understand how /t/ could be classified
as farther back than /k/, even by native speakers. Second, the vowels seem
ok, but I would avoid using "front," "mid," "back," "open," and "closed" as
they are already used in linguistic discourse to describe vowels, but in a
completely different way from how you have them.

> Consonants have voiced and voiceless allophones, these are believed to be
purely
>
> idiolectical.  The sound s' appears to possibly have allophones in /S/ and
/ts/,
>  although
> this is possibly an archaism.
I'm not sure what you meant idiolectical... it depends on personal
preference?