Re: R:Kalini Sapak - new lang

Andreas wrote:
>
> To be totally truthful, I picked up "a" for accusative and "u" for
> nominative from a Semitoid conlang presented on this list some time ago -
> "Saprutum" I think it was called. Presumeably it's creator in turn picked
it
> from some real-world Semitic lang. As for the "i" in genitive, well Kalini
> Sapak only has three vowels to chose from! It's the same with Akkadian,
> isn't it?
http://saturn.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/Welcome_akkadian.html
says there was also an e, but I don't know how does this fit in the
proto-Semitic reconstruction: << The Akkadian vowels used are a, e, i, u and
there long variant, usually written with a macron, but in these notes
written as ä, ë, ï, ü >>.

Luca