Re: Revised Eastern Vowel Orthography

Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
>
> Consonants I'm still working on, but here's the phonemes so far:
> Stops: /p/, /t/, /k/, /b/, /d/, /g/
> Fricatives: /P/, /f/, /s/, /v/, /z/
> Nasals: /m/, /n/
> Glides: /w/, /j/
> Liquids: /r/
What is this /r/?

> Affricates: /pP/ (/ts/ /dz/)
> /P/ is derived from the voiceless allophone of /w/, and /pP/ is derived
> from /pw/.  /P/ is treated just like any other fricative, so that
> epenthetic schwas had to be inserted in some cases, e.g., askwa -->
> ask@Pa (since stop-fricative is not a legal onset, and fric-stop is not
> a legal coda).  /pP/ is treated as a single unit, not as a sequence, so
> that initial /pP/ is perfectly legal.
I think it's a bit strange that an approximant /w_0/ becomes
so fricative that an epenthetic schwa has to be inserted
(especially in a cluster like /kw/). Of course, it's your system,
but have you considered a separate labiovelar series?

Also, /P/ and /f/ are not very distinct... more or less
the same as with /h/ and /x/ (which someone once said that
were found contrasting in any natlang).


--Pablo Flores