Re: My new conlang

On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Joe Hill wrote:

> ----- 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].
(Latinised) Gothic spells Greek /y/ (ypsilon) as <w>, appanetly.

> Ok, well, I think {w} looks better, and it sounds to suit better to me.
I like <w> better too. <W. needs a fair go as a vowel, I reckons.

Tristan

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