Re: Sst Phonology

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:31:01 -0400, Shreyas Sampat <nsampat@...>
wrote:

>Vowels:
>i a u
>(<i> is any front vowel, <a> any mid, and <u> any back)
>Rounding and openness aren't phonemic, only frontness.
[snip]

>Vowel openness, though not phonemic, is determined by place of the
preceding
>consonant (if any): labials are open, alveolars open-mid, retroflexes
>close-mid, and velars close.
That vowel scheme is *cool* :) I'll be interested to hear more about this...

Óskar