Re: Unilang: the Phonology

In a message dated 4/24/01 3:45:52 AM, hr_oskar@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< So, question: how easy or hard do list members find it to pronounce

something like [mbi], [ndi], or [Ngo]? Is that necessarily harder for the

average human than [bli] or [dri]? >>

In the middle of a word, no problem.  If, however, you want it to start a
word, I think you'd simply have to explain that you have to hum the initial
nasal, lest people who speak English or most European languages would
pronounce them, at first glance, [mabi], [nadi], [Nago] (if they could
pronounce that last one at all).  But I think simple explanation would render
it fine--it worked for me with Professor Mchombo.  :)

-David