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Re: New Try from a New Guy

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Saturday, December 14, 2002, 20:45
On Saturday 14 December 2002 7:27 pm, Christian Thalmann wrote:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Michael David Martin <mdmartin@i...> wrote: > > So, here is what I have come up with: > > > > Consonants: > > Letter SAMPA > > b b > > d d > > f f > > g g > > k k > > l l > > m m > > n n > > p p > > r r > > s s > > sh S > > t t > > th T > > v v > > w w > > y j > > Looks workable. > > Do /s/ and /T/ have [z] and [D] as allophones, or are they > always [s] and [T]? > > > Letter SAMPA > > i I > > ih i > > u u > > uh 3 > > That feels a tad inconsistent... in the first pair, you're > using the modifier "h" to make a lax /I/ into a tense /i/,while > in the second pair the "h" makes a tense /u/ into a lax /3/. > You might wanna settle for a single function of "h". > > To simplify things, you could use English conventions for the > vowel phonemes, e.g. "i" for /I/ and "ee" for /i/... unless, > of course, you want the language to look deliberately non-English > when written in the Latin alphabet (have you considered giving > the language a native script yet?).
Ack, ack, ack! English is irritating, sorry, I just had to put that.... I advise... 'e' /e/ 'eh' /E/ 'i'/i/ 'ih' /I/
> > 1. Is it reasonable to have the diphthongs [aI], [OI], and [aU] even > > though > > > I do not have the individual sounds of [a], [O] or [U]? > > Yes. American English has the diphthongs [aI], [aU], [eI], [oU] > but not [a], [e], [o] by themselves. > > > 2. But if I write /3/ how does someone > > else know that [@], [3], [6] and [V] are all included? > > If you're just going for a general unarticulated central sound, > I'd suggest to use /@/ to represent it. [@\], [3], [3\], [6] > etc are basically just "flavored" versions of the schwa [@]. > I don't think any language distinguishes between those > phonemically (although Portuguese has two separate unstressed > central sounds: [1] and [6]). > > >

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Michael David Martin <mdmartin@...>