From: "Rob Nierse" <rnierse@...>
> Danny wrote:
> >Anyway, I came up with just one more proposal for a unified phonological
> >spelling system for Quechua (which can be found in numerous dialects),
and
> >also merged it with Aymara, according to a comparison of phonologies for
> >both:
> So, in Ayacucho dialect: "urqukunapi paykuna anchata timpranu hatarinku"
becomes
> "urqugunabi bayguna anjada dimbranu hadaringu" Hmmm, I have to get used to
it,
> it has a Pinyin like feel to it.
> This works for the southern dialects, but of little use for the dialects
north of Cuzco.
> Those lack aspirated and ejective stops. And what to do with the
Ecuadorian dialects
> that have voiced stops?
I was going to propose an alternative system that's already used in part;
since aspirated and glottalized stops are not as common as plain stops, I
could use {p ph p'} and reserve {b} for dialects and foreign words, just to
cite the labials. I don't have a very good idea of what should represent the
voiced uvular stop if there is need for one; I'll just use {gh} tentatively.
And yes I did have Pinyin in mind. It also helps me because I tend to
aspirate voiceless stops even in non-initial environments.
~Danny~