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Re: First Post and Proto-Conlang rough sketch

From:Joseph Fatula <joefatula@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 14, 2007, 23:57
Jason Monti wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:04:36 -0800, Joseph Fatula <joefatula@...> wrote: > > >> Historical Changes: >> little grammatical words become affixes >> e > o / _Cu >> o > 0 / VC_CV >> V > 0 / #_C or C_# (except in single-syllable words) >> C > 0 / #_C or C_# >> voiced fricative > 0 / _# >> > > Wow! That's actually far fewer steps than I thought it would take. > > I did some thinking after my last post as well. I had speculated on earlier > stages where words were CVC and CVCV, and that the phonology was all > voiceless, the intervocalic Cs become voiced. However, this doens't explain > the rise of initial voiced Cs. > > C = Voiceless Consonant > G = Voiced Consonant > @ = schwa (X-SAMPA) > V = Vowel > > 1. CVC > 2. CVC > 3. CVC > 4. CVC > 1. CVCV > 2. CVGV > 3. CVG@ > 4. CVG@ > 1. VCVC > 2. VGVC > 3. @GVC > 4. GVC > 1. VCVCV > 2. VGVGV > 3. @GVC@ > 4. GVG@ > > 1. original stage > 2. intervocalic Cs voice > 3. V > @ / #_C or C_# > 4. @ > 0 / #_C > > Is that okay? Or is that unrealistic? > > > >
That looks pretty realistic to me.