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Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

From:Matt Trinsic <trinsic@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 4, 2003, 2:02
Mark,
Okaikiar sounds interesting. Is there anywhere online to see a
description or more information on it? I have always been fascinated by
syllabaries, how does yours work? Coincidentally. I've just returned
from a weekend trip during which I decided to add a voiced TH/
non-voiced Th distinction to slaalehg ihkreen, as most of the other
phonemes did make that distinction.

> > Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 21:47:46 -0400 > From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> > Subject: Phoneme winnowing continues > > Well, Okaikiar has just lost the D/T and S/Z distinctions, since it > had no other pairs of phonemes distinguished only by voice. I > decided that the distinction just doesn't matter to the Okaikiarar(*) ear, > much the way aspiration doesn't matter to that of an English-speaker. > > Plus, it's still a little large for a fully syllabic writing system. > > Work continues. :) > > -Mark >

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