THEORY: Kinds of Plurals, and Methods of Indicating Them (was: Non-polarity)

Thanks, Henrik and Alex, for mentioning Mark's "Elkaril".
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Tom H.C. in MI

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Henrik Theiling <theiling@A...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Alex Fink <a4pq1injbok_0@F...> writes:
> >...
> > I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Mark Rosenfelder's Elkarîl
yet.  Elkarîl
> > uses exactly this kind of continuous vowel variation for
scontinuous scales.
> > http://zompist.com/elkaril.htm#Vowel
>
> Very interesting, thanks for the link.
>
> And only unrounded vowels -- I'm fond of languages that have
that. :-)
>
> Further, it has a collective plural:
>
> >...
> >  -aju complete set
> >     qog   bone    -->  qogaju   skeleton
> >     qara  letter  -->  qaraju   alphabet
> >     tîch  stair   -->  tîchaju  staircase
>
> **Henrik