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Re: Scripts

From:Jesse Bangs <jaspax@...>
Date:Thursday, February 21, 2002, 6:39
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:10:47 -0500 Christopher B Wright
<faceloran@...> writes:
> Just wanted to ask a few questions— > > How many of you have scripts?
I do! Recently created, too.
> How many of you use diacriticals as vowels in your scripts?
Sort of. There *are* diacritical vowels, but they're usually omitted as in Hebrew.
> How many of you have null letters (letters that don't represent a > sound) > to deal with the problem of diphthongs / multiple vowels per > consonant?
I actually have two silent letters, but they're for writing initial vowels or vowels in hiatus. To represent diphthongs I use the script's equivalent of 'w' and 'y', then use other characters for actual /w/ and /y/ after vowels . . . it gets rather complicated.
> Perhaps the ancient Sturnan didn't have /h/ at all and inserted it > recently. That's much more likely than a lot of /h/'s disappearing > recently.
I'd think the opposite. The change of h > 0 has got to be one of the most common sound changes in the world. Jesse S. Bangs Pelíran jaspax@ juno.com "Skin and tragedy always attract a crowd." --Pedro the Lion