Re: New (Well, Revamped) Language: TIEG'EW / GABWE
| From: | Carlos Thompson <carlos_thompson@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 10, 2000, 19:32 |
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Ley Yown Ha wabbe:
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Steg Belsky wrote:
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> > Another idea might be inserting epenthetic(?) vowels,
> > possibly colored by neighboring ones, so for instance:
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> > *kbáli >> k@báli
> > *trí >> tIrí
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> Ah! Hmm. I thought of that but have never been sure how to
> decide which vowel to use (other than "by feel," which I don't
> trust). Thanks for the examples. :-)
Well, the epenthetic vowel could be a lax vowel /@ I U/ close to next
vowel. It could also be close to the point of articulation of the
consonants: labial and velar would bring /U/, coronal, uvular and
faringeals would bring /@/, palatals would bring /I/... or something
like that. This way they become more systematic.
-- Carlos Th