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Re: Zetowvu / Ezotwuv (new conlang)

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Monday, February 24, 2003, 21:19
Arthaey Angosii scripsit:

> >Somehow I'd see it more fusional, with lots of alternations and ablauts for > >grammatical features. > > The SIL glossary doesn't have either term... What are alternations and > ablauts?
Ablaut ['aplaut] is inflection or derivation by variation of internal vowels, like sing/sang in English, or gild/gold. -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. -- Calvin, giving Newton's First Law "in his own words"