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'Yemls romanization

From:Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...>
Date:Sunday, April 11, 2004, 3:09
Hello,
I'm not sure who's interested but, I thought I'd share my newly-done
romanization for 'Yemls (Neimulis). The pronunciation is at the top
(it should mostly allow reasonable guesses). I show the romanization
for each character of the syllabary at the bottom.

Romanization to Phonetic:
  a     [A:] after ***c, j, x, q,*** y, or w; else [V]
  aa    [A:]
  ae    [AE]
  b     [p] after s, x, h, or f; else [b]
  c     [t_S_h]
  d     [d]
  e     [E:] after y or w; else [E]
  ee    [&:]
  ei    [Ei]
  eo    [&O]
  eu    [Eu]
  f     [v] before d, j, or g; else [f]
  g     [N] final or before consonant; [g_j] before i or e; else [g]
  gy    [g_j] (occurs before u, a, or e)
  h     [C] before i or e; else [x]
  hy    [C] (occurs before u, a, or e)
  i     [i:] after w; else [I]
  ii    [i:]
  j     [d_Z]
  k     [k_j_h] before i or e; else [k_h]
  ky    [k_j_h] (occurs before u, a, or e)
  l     [l]
  m     [m]
  n     [n_j] before i or e; else [n]
  ny    [n_j] (occurs before u, a, or e)
  o     [O]
  oi    [Oi]
  ou    [Ou]
  p     ---[ not used ]---
  q     [Z]
  r     [l`] (occurs final or before consonant)
  s     [s]
  t     [t_h]
  u     [u:] after ***c, j, x, q, or*** y; else [U]
  uu    [u:]
  v     ---[ not used ]---
  w     [w] (occurs before a, e, or i)
  x     [S]
  y     [] after c, j, x, or q; else [j] (occurs before u, a, or e)
  ye    [E:] after c, j, x, or q; else [jE:]
  z     [z]

*** I'm not sure about this; I might use double letters (aa and uu)
for the long vowels after c, j, x, and q.

Syllabary to Romanization:
  {A}   ga, go
  {a}   gu, gw, g
  {B}   ba, bo
  {b}   bu, bw, b
  {C}   ce
  {c}   ci, cy, c
  {D}   da, do
  {d}   du, dw, d
  {E}   e
  {e}   i, y
  {F}   fa, fo
  {f}   fu, fw, f
  {G}   ge
  {g}   gi, gy
  {H}   he
  {h}   hi, hy
  {I}   qe
  {i}   qi, qy, q
  {J}   je
  {j}   ji, jy, j
  {K}   ke
  {k}   ki, ky
  {L}   le
  {l}   li, ly
  {M}   ma, mo
  {m}   mu, mw, m
  {N}   na, no
  {n}   nu, nw, n
  {O}   a, o
  {o}   u, w
  {P}   pe
  {p}   pi, py
  {Q}   ka, ko
  {q}   ku, kw, k
  {R}   la, lo
  {r}   lu, lw, r
  {S}   sa, so
  {s}   su, sw, s
  {T}   ta, to
  {t}   tu, tw, t
  {U}   ha, ho
  {u}   hu, hw, h
  {V}   fe
  {v}   fi, fy
  {W}   me
  {w}   mi, my
  {X}   xe
  {x}   xi, xy, x
  {Y}   ne
  {y}   ni, ny
  {Z}   za, zo
  {z}   zu, zw, z

Jeff