Re: Possible Nanoling inventory.
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 3, 2004, 20:37 |
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Hallo!
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:53:15 +0100,
Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> Quoting Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>:
>
> > I've been mentioning my Dwarvish conlang project a few times now. Below's
> > the
> > current proposed phonemic inventory:
> >
> > . Labial Dental Retro Palatal Velar Uvular
> >
> > vl stop p t t` c k q
> > ^h stop p^h t^h t`^h c^h k^h q^h
> > vd stop b d d` J\ g G\
> > affric pP ts t`s` cC kx qX
> > fric P s s` C x X
> > nasal m n n` J N N\
> > Lat - l l` L L\ -
> > Lat affr - tl t`l` cL kL\ -
> > Trill B\ r r` - - R\
> > Tap - 4 4` - - -
> >
> > "Semivowels": j w ?\
> >
> > Vowels: i u a
Another phoneme inventory that rivals Danny Wier's creations
(though Danny would add more vowels, and a few laryngeals).
But why not? There are languages like that in the Caucasus.
> Sketch for mapping this mess onto the Meghean writing system. Go tetragraphs!
>
> . Labial Dental Retro Palatal Velar Uvular
> vl stop p t te ce c co
> ^h stop pp tt tte cce cc cco
> vd stop b d de ge g go
> affric pph ts tse cche cch ccho
> fric ph s se che ch cho
> nasal m n ne ñe ñ ño
> Lat - l le lle ll -
> Lat affr - tl tle cle cl -
> Trill bh rr rre - - ro
> Tap - r re - - -
>
> "Semivowels": e o h [j w ?\]
>
> Vowels: i u a
>
> With the currently planned syllable structure of CVN, this acctually doesn't
> get any worse than the odd word like _ccheuño_ [cCuN\]. But I think I can rest
> assured that no-one uninitiated will guess 'cco'=[q^h]!
>
> Comments?
The system looks weird to someone not used to it, and the tetragraphs
are cool! But it has its own inner logic. I like it!
(But how are [kw] and [q] distinguished in writing? They both
transcribe as _co_.)
Greetings,
Jörg.
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