Re: A BrSc a?

>===== Original Message From Constructed Languages List
>> >[x] isn't exactly uncommon either, esp'ly if you include [G X] etc
>> >as valid variants. That'd solve {c} and {x}. Possibly [N] for {q}?
>>
>>The trouble with [G] is that it tends to become zero, or [j] before front
>>vowels.
>
>Well, unless you've got a /j/ phoneme [G]>[j] isn't a problem. Even [G]>zero
>wouldn't necessarily spell trouble if you've got a strict CV syllable
>structure. But both would be really strange allophones of /x/!
Hmmm...
[G] is an allophone of /x/ in Ibraan, as initial fricatives are voiced.  (And
[x] is a realization of /X/ in nonciulaadt dialects)

     wd    mnng   phnmc   phntc-NRC  phntc-NC
     juig  "game" /xVHX/  [GVHX]     [GOjx]

>(remind me to include [x]~[j] variation on one language or another. Could
>happen in some dialect of Steienzh, where you already get things like _zaux_
>[zaUx] "star", pl "zaughen" [zaUGn=] (Steienzh spelling being rather more
>phonetic than phonemic).)
hmm, looks like Ibraan pluralization:

   *saux   "??"     /so:C/   [zoUS]  [zo:C]
   *sauges "??"     /"so:CV/ [zoUZ]  ["zO:.J\V]

or better, with a known word:

   <dux>   "duke"   /dYC/    [dIS]   [dYC]
   <duges> "dukes"  /"dY.CV/ [diZ]   ["dy.J\V]

and with the [x]/[G] mess:

   <huig>   "fire"   /hVHX/    [hVHX]  [Ojx]
   <huiges> "fires"  /"hVH.XV/ [hVHR]  ["Oj.GV]

(Yeah, I could easily see <huig> <huiges> becoming misspelled <uig> <uyes>
outside the city...)

     *Muke!
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