Re: Q & X

On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:13:27 -0800 Barry Garcia
<Barry_Garcia@...> writes:
> >And now to a real question. Which sounds do you write with the
> letter Q
> >or X
> >in your a priori conlangs with Latin alphabet? What different
> sounds do
> >they
> >reflect in those languages of the world that use Latin alphabet?
> (What is Q in Greenlandic???)
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Q and X don't exist in the romanization of my main conlang Rokbeigalmki,
but {x} and {X} are the keys for {tz} and {ch} for typing in the native
font on my computer, and {q} is where the vowel {ai} is.

In my Romance conlang Jûdajca, Q(U) is used for an emphatic /k/ sound.
the U is used when the sound isn't word-final:
 aqua ['ak.a] "water"
 Jizcâq [jis.'HAk.] "Isaac"

And X is used for the emphatic /t/ sound:
 nox [not.] "night"
 maxâl [ma't.Al] "to kill"

Btw, the third emphatic sound, /s/, is represented by Z:
 noz [nos.] "night of"
 zârôt [s.A'rows] "troubles"


-Stephen (Steg)
 "my anaconda don't want none unless..."
          ~ the immortal _baby got back_ song