Re: New Conlang: Þrjótran

Henrik Theiling skrev:


> Does this mean I actually have to document the format?!
>
> -=| I hereby declare that file format to be self-explanatory. |=-
>
> :-)
Ekki svona fljót, maður!  While I don't think you need to
write a doc'n quite immediately, I hope you will answer
questions?  These may also help you to know what should
be stressed in the documentation once you write it...

Do you *really* need to distinguish all the palatals
and voiceless sonorants with their own symbols?  I think
it is perfectly possible to treat them as +j and h+
sequences all down the line.

Also I see that Latin AE becomes e:.  Actually AE
merges with *short* E in all the Romance languages:
CAELUM > ciel etc.

*Iff* I have interpreted your rules aright you first take
things all the way down to modern Icelandic pronunciation
and then step back again to get the standard orthography.
This seems a bit Duke-of-York-ish, since the standard
orthography pretty well reflects the pronunciation of
the 15. century or so -- unless you want to be able to
output both phonetic transcription and orthography,
but even that could be done by a couple of if-statements
after the point when orthography reflects pronunciation.

BTW did you see my post on the f/þ/p business that I posted
to Germaniconlang?
--
/BP 8^)>
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