Re: auxlang for "foreign telephone operators"

"Pavel A. da Mek" wrote:
>
> Muke Tever wrote:
>
> >This reminds me of something I read in a book on an auxlang:
>
> >> The units begin with G, decades with J, and higher orders with Z.
> >>  The ten vowels are (in order)
> >> ay, ee, eye, aw, ow. ah, eh, ih, a (as in cat) and oh.
> >>
> >>    1    2       3       4        5    6    7    8    9     0
> >>    Gay  Ghee    Guy     Gaw      Gow  Gah  Geh  Gih  Ga(t) Goh
> >>
> >>    10   20      30      40       50   60   70   80   90    100
> >>    Jay  Jhee    Jigh    Jaw      Jow  Jah  Jeh  Jih  Ja(t) Jo
> >>
> >>    1000 Million Billion Trillion   (in order by 1,000s)    [infinity
> sign]
> >>    Zay  Zee     Zigh    Zaw      Zow  Zah  Zeh  Zih  Za(t) Zo"
>
> > He says elsewhere that the number system is so great,
> > that especially people who work with "foreign telephone operators" would
> > find it very useful; this leads me to believe he is from another planet,
> > where they have magic lossless phones
>
> Well, imagine following language:
>
> 12 vowels:
>
> i   y   u
> I   Y   U
> e   a   o
> E   A   O
>
> only one consonant:
> ' (glottal stop)
>
> Substantives:
> 'E - number
> 'O - star
>
> Verbs:
> 'u'u'y - help!
>
> Numerals:
> 'A - 0
> 'u - 1
> 'y - 2
> 'i - 3
> 'U - 4
> 'Y - 5
> 'I - 6
> 'o - 7
> 'a - 8
> 'e - 9
>
> Looks like nonsens?
> But this is real-world auxlang used in many countries.
> The "foreign telephone operators" will understand,
> if you will carefully pronounce vowels with these formants:
>
> F1:
> i, y, u   -   697 Hz
> I, Y, U   -   770 Hz
> e, a, o   -   852 Hz
> E, A, O   -   941 Hz
>
> F2:
> i, I, e, E   -   1477 Hz
> y, Y, a, A   -   1336 Hz
> u, U, o, O   -   1209 Hz   :-)
>
> (For comparison usual formant values in natlangs:
> F1:
> i, u - 250..350 Hz
> I, U - 350..400 Hz
> o, e - 450..700 Hz
> &, A, a  - 700..1000 Hz
>
> F2:
> i, I, e, &   -   1700..3000Hz
> @, A   -   1100..1700 Hz
> u, U, o   -   700..1100 Hz
> )
Wait... wait... wait! I recognize those frequencies from somewhere...
hey! Those are just the signals generated by a touch tone phone, aren't
they? *shaking of fist* I don't know if I'd call that an auxlang,
though.

--
Robert