Re: [IE conlangs]
| From: | Hawksinger <hawksinger@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Saturday, April 10, 1999, 0:03 |
|---|
Gary Shannon wrote:
> tolerant of various types of "mispronunciation". How do languages other
> than English stack up in this regard?
Generally, the more phonemic vowels a language has, the less tolerant
it is of variation. The fewer it has, the more tolerant it is.
--
Brad Coon
hawksinger@fwi.com
listowner battleship-l
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/7264/battleship-l.html
http://www.ipfw.indiana.edu/east1/coon/web/index.htm (home pg. et al.)
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/7264 (outdoor and prim.skills)
http://members.tripod.com/~Hawksinger (wine and whisky pgs)
Civilize the mind and make savage the body. (Chinese proverb)