Re: waiting on yod

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, andrew wrote:

> I am working on a new conlang with a nice range of sounds, including
> (among others): /y/, /Y/, /j/ and /dZ/.  Initially /j/ was [y], and /dZ/
> was [j].  Recently I decided to change /Y/ and /y/ from u-umlaut to y
> and y-acute.  Now I have to figure out what to do with the consonants.
> I don't think /j/ can remain [y], too confusing.  I am considering
> changing it to [j], but that leaves me a loss what to do with /dZ/.  I
> am debating [dj], with [tj] for /tS/, but I am wondering if there are
> other options?
>
> /S/ and /Z/ are not independent consonant values in this language, so
> tsh and dzh are not available as options.
>
> Suggestions?
Hm... could you do <ts> and <dz>? I'd prefer <tj> and <dj>, myself.

(BTW: brackets---[ ]---are used for phonetic transcriptions and angle
brackets---< >---are used for stuff relating to the orthography.)

Tristan