Re: My new conlang

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Thalmann" <cinga@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: My new Conlang


> --- In conlang@y..., Joe Hill <joe@W...> wrote:
>
> > > Why not just write that as 'u', or at least 'y'?
> >
> > 'u' is taken, 'w' suits the part better...I think, maybe I'm pronouncing
my
> > german wrong. It is a closed front rounded vowel.
>
> No, 'u' is not taken according to your original post.  And that closed
> front rounded vowel you're describing is [y] in IPA, because the letter
> 'y' is pronounced that way (or similarly) in Latin, Ancient Greek,
> German and other germanic languages.
>
> On the other hand, I've never heard of an instance of 'w' being
> pronounced [y].
> > no, g is always /g/
>
> So it's not as in English.
>
>
> > Well, I'm trying to avoid using more than one letter for a single sound,
but
> > anyway.
>
> You could use digraphs for mail and internet, and your special
> characters for your "official" documents.
>
>
Ok, well, I think {w} looks better, and it sounds to suit better to me.

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