Hallo!
R A Brown wrote:
> Salvete, omnes!
Simile ad te! (I hope I haven't blundered my Latin.)
> Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
> > Hallo!
>
> [snip]
>
> >>CONSONANTS
> >>
> >>The language has eight consonants, arranged in four series (0 to 3) of
> >>two grades,
> >>thus:
> >> #0 #1 #2 #3
> >> Sonorant: (zero) /l/ /n/ /m/
> >>Obstruent: /k/ /s/ /t/ /p/
> >
> >
> > Nice. AFAIK, these are the seven most frequent consonants in the
> > world's languages.
>
> That is the idea. I know Jeff's paper was concerned with a near-optimal
> Loglan _syntax_, but why not give it also a near-optimal phonology as well?
Yes. That's what I'd say, too.
> [snip]
> >
> > Not simply set the MSB to 1 - complement the whole bit pattern!
> > That rocks!
>
> Thanks!
>
> I had considered just setting the MSB to 1, but as one set of two grades
> is the complement of the other, it seemed to me more logical (and we are
> considering a Loglan) to complement the bit pattern.
Yes. And it is much more creative.
> [snip]
> >
> > Yes, this is much nicer than Jeff Prothero's naive phonology,
> > even if there are more syllables.
>
> Thanks for the encouraging remarks. I am half tempted to actually
> develop 'brz' as a briefscript. But maybe the system is more suited to a
> loglang.
>
> I must have another read of Jeff's paper and see if I cannot do
> something more than just give brz a "hexadecimal phonology".
'brz' is definitely an idea that deserves further exploration.
Greetings,
Jörg.