Re: And who needs vowels?

Den 23. des. 2006 kl. 05.02 skrev H. S. Teoh:

> Having recently learned a little Russian and stumbling across some
> Czech
> in, of all places, a little puzzle game, and having heard of
> Georgian on
> this list on a few occasions, I started to wonder where one may end up
> should vowels remain in such poverty and consonants continue to
> proliferate. And so, I dreamed of a conlang where all vowels have been
> elided and substituted with sonorant consonants, and some words
> consist
> of nothing but stops.
The Naddusk dialect of Urianian has gone quite some way in that
direction, actually. Naddusk is the official name of the town.
Locally, the u isn't heard at all. The a hasn't quite shared its fate
yet, though, but there are names like Tkzl Klknt and Slk Kptl. Most
names do contain a vowel or two, though.

Finally I say:
Gyl mindune silfiz bildamat isan Urianje bildet usan CONLANGu.
(A merry Christmas is wished from all of us in Uriania to all of you
in CONLANG.)

LEF

P.s.: That was standard Urianian. I haven't done much work on the
Nadduskian dialect, though it's one of the most interesting, but they
might say something like "Gigl mnune slfz blnt izn Urjanu blz ezn
CONLANGu." They have a very retracted pronounciation.