Re: New Pseudo-Dravidian Conlang

Rob wrote:
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2. Rhotic + stop => lengthened vowel + stop; e.g. *karkka => kaakka.  If
there's already a long vowel, the rhotic becomes /u/; e.g.
*ceer.t.t.i =>
ceeut.t.i.
 >>

Just a quick question: What would happen to *kuurkka?  Would
it become /kuuukka/?  Ditto with *kuulkka, and the rule below:

<<
3. Lateral + stop => /u/ + stop; e.g. *pelkku => peukku.  This change
occurs even when the vowel is already long, so *ceer.t.t.i and
*ceel.t.t.i
would have the same outcome, ceeut.t.i.
 >>

Oh, and in your transcription above, what do the dots mean?  I'd
think syllable boundaries, but does this mean each /t/ is its own
syllable?

Also, does this apply to long vowels?

<<
1. Nasal + stop => nasal vowel + stop; e.g. *pamppu => päppu (where <ä>
denotes /a~/).  This is where (most of) the nasal vowels come from.
 >>

Thus, *paamppu would become /pa:~ppu/.

Oh, and you gave an example at the bottom:

<<
sampusan koyur. = ['sam.pu.sa~ 'ko.jur`]
 >>

Shouldn't that be ['sa~.pu.sa~ 'ko.jur`], via rule 1?

Looks neat!  I also like the dental fricatives.

-David
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