auxlang for "foreign telephone operators"

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
)

      Pavel   AKA   +'U'y'A  'I'A'U  'I'U'A'A'i'e

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