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Re: Possible Nanoling inventory.

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 3, 2004, 17:53
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
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? Andreas