Re: Babel Text in Obrenje

Jesse S. Bangs wrote:

> Well, I didn't look close enough to find irregularities,
There have been some, which I've ironed out in the newest version on
my site.

http://catharsis.netpeople.ch/langmaking/babel_obrenje.txt


> but I did notice
> your wonderfully unusual phonology?
I'm glad you find it unusual -- it was beginning to sound annoyingly
regular to me, like one o' dem bland Star Trek alien languages.  ;-)


> Voiceless schwa?
I don't even know whether that's a good description of what I mean...
I often realize it as aspiration (after voiceless stops) or
syllabification (after voiceless non-stops).  Either way, it clearly
gives the preceding voiceless consonant ample room for articulation
and prevents it from being assimilated to the following word.

mate /ma:t_h/
mace /ma:s=/


> Back high unrounded [M]?
I just like that sound.  /M::::::/.  ;-)


> Lots of [S] and [Z]!  I very much like it.  The
> orthography is pleasantly esoteric as well.
Esoteric though it may be, I think it does make a lot of sense.
In case you missed it, here's the explanation and the background
info.

http://catharsis.netpeople.ch/langmaking/grammar.htm


-- Christian Thalmann

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