Re: A quick new project

Well, I think my Ini takes the cake with only six
consonants (p t k m n N) and three vowels (a i u) so
*there*!  And the words aren't too long at all.  There's a
Babel text up at http://www.geocities.com/nicole_eap/ini/
and it doesn't seem much longer than the English version at
all.

That's my two cents.

Nicole Perrin


Clint Jackson Baker wrote:


> 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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