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Re: Critique sought

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, November 18, 1999, 17:33
Nik Taylor wrote:

> But there are natural langs that are exceptions to those. Some language > (Navajo?) I read about has /i e a u/, for example.
Occitan has /a E e i O u y/ in stressed positions: the result of sound-shifts u > y (as in French) and o > u. Furthermore, unstressed final a is pronounced /o/! Thus written "luna" is /'lyno/. -- John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com jcowan@reutershealth.com Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! / Schliess eurer Aug vor heiliger Schau Den er genoss vom Honig-Tau / Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)