Re: Vowel harmony part 2

Rob Haden wrote:
> Original system:
>
> i           u
>
>       a
>
> ai > e
> au > o
> ia > ä
> iu > ü (high front rounded)
> ua > u or o
> ui > ï (high back unrounded)
>
My Gwr goes through some of the same changes-- no VH, but I have to reduce
2-syl. forms to monosyllables, and derive 9 vowels and 18? diphthongs from
original /i a u/. It's sheer hell, but challenging.

So far Proto-Gwr had:
Vowels i a u
p t k q
b d g G(voiced uvular stop)
m n N N\ (uv.nasal)
w r l y s h

mostly CVCVC, variable accent; prefixes m-, s-; infixes -y-, -r-;
suffix -k~t (for now)

Modern Gwr [in progress] has: i e &, ï r[3^] a, u o O, derived long V,
diphthongs, triphthongs;
p t tr ts tS k q/?
b d dl dz dZ g
f  s  S x
m n N
w l y s h

mostly C(w,y)V(C), no affixes, 5 tones