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Re: Køpsa - New conlang

From:Neo <neovirus@...>
Date:Saturday, June 1, 2002, 13:21
    
>Okay, a couple questions. First, what is "C"? Is that a voiceless, >palatal stop?
Yes, I'm sorry, I don’t know X-SAMPA at all, so it is difficult for me to explain sounds. It is a voiceless palatal stop.
> Also, if we were going by SAMPA, the ones you have listed here >would be a voiceless, bilabial fricative, a voiceless, alveo-palatal >fricative, a velar lateral approximant (? Not sure on this one), and a >voiceless, palatal fricative, in order. Anyway, this would be by far
the
>most minimal consonantal inventory I've seen in a non-logic-based
conlang
>ever, yet still somewhat typologically plausible (if that "C" is what I >think >it is).
Wow, you got it perfectly right! My goal was to have the smallest amount of sounds, and no real odd sounds.
>Many people aren't going to be able to read that o with a slash through >it. The symbol in SAMPA is [2], I believe (either that or [9]--the >difference is tenseness). Since I don't know every language, I'll
refrain
>from saying this language is typologically impossible, but I'd say
without >he
>sitation that it's extremely improbable.
Aww crap. I really liked the o with a slash too. I could use a different symbol in the external alphabet, and still use the o with slash in the internal right?
>What do the apostrophes mean?
Damn it, for got all about that. Hmm… now I must think of a sound to go with that…
>? Can you give an example? > Anyway, looks very interesting; I hope to see more. :)
Example… hmm, I shall think of some tonight! Thank you very much for taking the time to read my very small grammar :)