Re: sabyuka : consonants, orthography, and a few things more

Julien Eychenne:
> I would like to share what should be the definitive phonological system
> of the conlang I am working on. It's name is composed of |sab| (the
> first syllable of Sabrina, my girlfriend who'll design the alphabet),
How unusual to have a consort who shares the Vice. We have the Rempts
but I cannot think of any other instances.

> and |yu|, an IPA reading of the first syllable of my name (Julien). The
> suffix -ka sounds good to me :). In the language, this word will
> certainly mean "the way leading to knowledge". It would be analyzed as :
>
> /saby-u-kà/
>  know-DAT-RM
> where DAT is Dative and RM is Reference Marker.
> The glosis would be "the thing to knowledge", or something like that.
> The idea is to create (the outline of ) an associated conculture, where
> the Society would be organized around language. Language would be some
> kind of God's gift, and would have to be adorated as so. Political
> authority would be given to the best grammarians. That explains the name
> of the language.
Livagians would have a certain sympathy with this culture. In Livagia,
Livagian, though not language in general, is adorated. It is viewed
not so much as God's gift but as an embodiment of Reason. A mastery of
Livagian is a precondition for wielding political power, though beyond
this the best grammarians are not especially privileged; indeed,
being a good grammarian is an expected accomplishment of the ordinarily
well-educated person.

>   - /ts/ is really problematic to me, because I want my system to be
> first aesthetic, /ts/ might be in every position, especially final. I
> had thought of |ç| and |z|, but I finally decided for |tz| : please tell
> me if you have any better idea :)
Why not <z> -- it has the support of German, transcribed Hittite, Italian...

--And.

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