Re: A quick new project

You realize that Kayasanoda has 10 consonants and 5
vowels, of course. c:  But then, my words are
*notoriously* long.

Dana koditanani
Clint


--- Christopher B Wright <faceloran@...> wrote:
> Yes, yes, I know. I jump around like a starving flea
> on tin. But this is
> only a short diversion between working on Sturnan
> and Fampónd.
>
> I reveal... Kuanaukuasi*. It's an experiment in
> size: how small a
> phonology I can make without going insane or having
> tremendously long
> words. I seem to have done rather well. I have ten
> consonants and five
> vowels. For the consonants, I have s S n k w l r Z v
> g, with S and Z
> spelled sh and j respectively. For the vowels, I
> have a A i o u, with A
> being written as e. The syllabic style is (C) V (V).
>
> As for the grammar, it's mainly isolating, though
> verbs inflect for
> person and number (but not tense). This mailing list
> has given me many
> ideas to consider, and many will likely make it into
> my grammar. I'll let
> you know when I put it online (probably in a week or
> so).
>
> Christopher Wright
>
> *No, that's not a ripoff of anyone else's language.
> Since the phonology
> was so streamlined, I assigned just about every
> syllable a meaning using
> a random word generator. (They're wonderful for
> small phonologies.)
> "Kuana u kuasi" means "language of [the] bay".

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