Re: Hive English Orthography

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:24:30 +0200, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
wrote:
>
>Hi!
>
>Jeff Jones <jsjonesmiami@...> writes:
>>...
>> The syllable structure is strictly (C)V (but maybe word-final (C)VC).
>>
>> Consonants:
>> * Voiced: b, d, g, m, n
>> * Voiceless: p, t, k, q (= [?]), h
>>
>> Probably, p, t, k are aspirated. They are also the consonants that
>> could occur word-final.
>>
>> Vowels:
>> v  [v]   [f]
>> z  [z_m] [s_m]
>> s  [z_a] [s_a]
>> r  [z`]  [s`]
>> i  [j\]  [C]
>> u  [G_w] [x_w]
>> x  [R]   [X]
>> l  [l]   [K]
>
>Hihi!
>
>>...
>> Comments?
>
>Hmm, I'd really like to listen to a recording. :-)  Or at least
>read a text and try myself to pronounce it.
>
>**Henrik
For practical purposes, I don't have any sound equipment, even for playing.
And no texts yet. But feel free to dummy up something and try it, maybe
random words of 2 to 7 syllables? I don't have a morphosyntax yet, but I
think individual words will be in that range. I have trouble saying more
than 2 syllables in a row correctly, myself.

Jeff