Re: Unilang: the Phonology

In a message dated 4/18/01 1:40:41 AM, hr_oskar@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< Regarding /f/, you may not have noticed that I only defined it as

[+labial], apart from other fricative definitions; that doesn't necessary

make it labio-dental. It can also be a bilabial [P]. If you go back to my

text, you should notice that most sounds have loosely based values, with

more than one possibility in articulation; don't be fooled by the phonemic

notation, that's just symbolism :) >>

Sorry.  I saw those +/- tables and just skipped right by them.  I think that
way of classifying sounds is quite possibly the worst way every invented.  I
was just introduced to it this semester.  There are dozens of sounds which
can't be distinguished with that system.  I think the IPA is much simpler.
Or just saying things in plain "English" (insert your natural language--or
any other language you prefer--in between the quote marks).

I came up with a phonology for a possible language representative of all
Earth awhile back, but I can't remember where I put it.  It's in my other
pair of pants...  I'll see about locating it before I make anymore comments.

-David

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