Re: Tasratal: phonology
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 23, 2001, 13:06 |
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At 04:33 2001-10-23 -0400, Jeff Jones wrote:
>OK, you asked!
>First I note that {b, c, d, h, j, q, v, w, z} are available for use.
>
>The 1st possible change is to use {w} (or {v}) for [P] instead of {ff}, and
>{h} for [x] instead of {xx}. This will eliminate the possibility of words
>with {xxx} in them -- I don't think Joe would want you to send out and xxx
>emails (except maybe to him). Less importantly, you could also use {c} for
>[tS] instead of {tx} and {z} for [ts] instead of {ts}. This produces:
>.p t k
>.w f s x h
>. pf z c
>. r
>. l
>.m n g
Why not {v} for [f] and {f} for [pf]? I always wanted to introduce that
reform in German: "die vier ferde von vater cteen am faal
gebunden". "vernsee'r" seems OK too. "vilm" and "vunkzion" may trouble
some...
/BP 8^)>
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