> > |gdhmabgis| 9 letters
> > [dvE:Iz] 6 phonemes ( including /:/ )
> > so 3 phonemes are digraphs and 3 are monographs
> >
> > options :
> >
> > gd mh ab g i s
>
> Just one thing: the order is |hm|, not *|mh| :(( .
> The |h| is between the |d|
> and the |m|, not before the |a|.
>
> > those marked X are illegal as they mark the
> > antepenultimate phoneme as a digraph. so we now
> have
> >
>
> Just one thing: I did say that the length was
> specifically marked by a single
> letter, but I never said it was considered a
> phoneme. It's a syllabic feature,
> and thus cannot be considered in the way you were
> doing...
>
> >
> > if we make the understandable but probably
> > presumptuous presumption that each vowel graph
> should
> > contain a roman vowel letter, we can exclude those
> > marked with a ? :
> >
>
> Presumptuous indeed (but I already said too much
> ;)))) ).
>
> > gd mh ab g i s
> > gd mh a b gi s
> > gd m ha b gi s
> > g dm ha b gi s
> >
>
> Well, I'll make your life easier by saying already
> that even when |m| and |h|
> are swapped positions none of those are right...
>
> > but this is probably a step to far.
> >
>
> Indeed :)) .
>
> > if i have time i'll look in the archives and try
> to
> > work the rest out. if noone beats me to it !
> >
>
> Well, I think that in this mail I gave very big
> hints. Now even without looking
> at the archives many people should find the
> solution. If no one does, it will
> be quite a success for the orthography of Maggel
> :))) .
>
> Christophe.
>
>
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