Re: Tong-cho-la, a philosophical language

From: "Andrew Nowicki" <andrew@...>
Subject: Re: Tong-cho-la, a philosophical language


> Andrew Nowicki wrote:
>
> AN> Example: yos-son-ni sounds like yo-so-ni.
>
> Joe Fatula wrote:
>
> JF> True.  There are a few such combinations that could
> JF> be possible.  But consider an example using English,
> JF> the similarity of the words sleep and slip.  If I
> JF> said a sentence that sounded like "I was getting tired,
> JF> so I decided to go to slip.", you'd know that I meant "sleep"...
>
> If you use only CV, CVV and CCV root words, this problem
> will disappear. Examples of good CCV root words: gla, ngi, gmu.
But is it a problem?  If we have intended to make a language where nothing
relies on context to be understood, then both Tongchola and Ygyde are
clearly out, for you need context to understand both.  And "ngi" and "gmu"
are _not_ good CCV words for an international language.  Most people in the
world would have trouble with such consonant clusters.  That's why I'm
leaving them out entirely.