Re: Is isolated languages better for Auxlangs?

Danny Wier scripsit:

> I've decided to replace the all-caps Latin alphabet with a simplified
> derivation of Latin and Greek, also single-case. It may, however, be a
> featural alphabet based on Hangul, but with a smaller phonology more like
> Japanese. I had fifteen consonants and five vowels, but I might remove /h/
> and /r/, so 'America' could be known as 'Amelika'. (I once considered
> inventing a conlang with six consonants and three vowels, but it never went
> anywhere. I'm no minimalist.)
When it comes to ALL CAPS, the Fraser script used for the Lisu language
(http://www.omniglot.com/writing/fraser.htm ) is a big win.

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