Re: waiting on yod

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.

Personally, I would never have killed the u-umlaut, but that's just me....so
OK:
[j] changes from "y" to "j"
[dZ] from "j" to..."dj or dz", maybe "z" if that's not otherwise used?
[tS]  from  ??  to "tj", or "c" or "x" if those aren't otherwise used?

Given that [j] is "j", dj/tj are very logical-- Indonesian used them for
years for [dZ, tS].  Since you're willing to entertain digraphs, "jj" could
also stand for [dZ], but then I don't know what to use for [tS].....maybe
"cc"?

So you see that changing one symbol opens a terrible can of worms......;-)