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Re: /N/ : suggestions please

From:Carlos Thompson <cthompso@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 17, 1998, 21:07
"Mathias M. Lassailly" wrote:

> I need a (di)graph for the nasalysed velar (/N/) of my TUNU language. This > phoneme occurs only in the end of a word after a vowel. I write it "q" > currently. Other graphs already used are : a, c, e, h, i, k, m, n, o, p, r, > s, t, w, y. I'd like to keep the phonology very simple (as is the grammar to > my own standards) and as easy as possible to read for readers not versed in > phonology because I'd like to make the grammar page legible without too much > pain and ennui (like Carlos,
moi?
> Sally, Herman, Christophe and others succeeded). Thanks for your contribution. > Mathias
I would vote for <g> or <ng>, but as seen in TANU, I believe <g> is a better choice. I don't realy like <q> for /N/... I can't get the notion of nasal. -- Carlos Th