Re: Futurese

J Y S Czhang wrote:


> In a message dated 05/06/2002 07.46.52 AM, Andreas
(and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM)

> >In any case [Z] and [z`] are close enough that it's surely preferable
to
> >avoid realizing /r/ as [z`], were one to speak Futurese.
>
>     Of course, if one were not making an IAL, I think [Z] and [z`]
could be
> interchangeable phonemes, or allophones. Perhaps if there was a more
> pronounced difference (pardon the pun), they would be a nice contrast
like
> the "light" [l] and "dark" [L]...
Note that Swedish has a contrast between /s/, /s`/, /S/ and /C/.  I
would not recomend this kind of contrast for an IAL either.  OTOH, I
have outline artlang sketches with this contrast plus /x\/, /x/ and /h/,
where [x\] is a coarticulated velar-postalveolar fricative: a common
realization of Swedish /S/.  (well, and /P/, /f/, /T/ as well, but a
much less degree of contrast in the stops).

-- Carlos Th