Re: WC8 (was Re: TECH: Testing again etc.)
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 20:56 |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:28:38 +0200, Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...> wrote:
> Paul Bennett scripsit:
>> ideal for my new forthcoming language (still unnamed; provisionally WC8
>> or
>> Here's the total glyph set used by that language in UTF-8:
> [skip the chart]
>
> The chart looked magnificent.
Thanks.
> May we know the phonetic values for all that
> stuff? I'd also advise to reconsider using acutes with _t_, _d_ and
> _k_...
Okay. With ' for acute, " for trema, . for under/overdots, N for eng, ^ for
caron, and - for bars or slashes.
IPA in X-Sampa.
Consonants:
p b m f v
/p b m f v/
t' d' n' s' z'
/t_d d_d n_d T D/
t d n s z
/t d n s z/
t. d. n. s. z.
/t` d` n` s` z`/
k' g' N' x' q'
/c J\ J C j\/
k g N x q
/k g N x G/
k. g. N. x. q.
/q G\ N\ X R/
s^ z^ c^
/S Z tS/
r^ r' r
/r\` r\ 4/
kt ct
(see below)
l l- lh dlh
/l L\ K K\/
w w" y y"
/w H j M\/
h h-
/h X\/
kt is the anticlick, a velaric alveolar egressive
ct is an alveolar click
One theory I was tinkering with was to use Italics instead of acutes, and
Bold instead of under/overdot, but that's even less email-friendly.
Vowels:
' for acute, ^ for circumflex
a a' a^
/V A A:/
e e' e^
/e E E:/
i i' i^
/I i i:/
o o' o^
/o O O:/
u u' u^
/U u u:/
I might add nasalisation, shown via ogonek, since it doubles my 870
syllable count to 1760.
There's a wierd vowel thing with suffixes, provisionally entitled vowel
mutations (like other langs have consonant mutations). It's like a slightly
deranged vowel harmony scheme with spikes on it.
Since all roots are monosyllabic, I might end up with either many
homophones (not a problem since words are multi-root, and context is a
great disambiguator) or a small root inventory (and 870 is enough for Basic
English, after all).
Comments, questions?
Paul
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