Re: Tsuhon: tentative phonology

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Syllable structure will probably end up looking a lot like that of
>Japanese, but I am way too fond of the [St] (e.g. "stark"), [Sp] (e.g.
>"Spiel"), [Sv] (e.g. "schwarz"), etc. consonant clusters that I'm
>thinking of preserving them.  So "schwarz" -> (maybe) svarutsu, where "s"
>orthographically before another consonant is understood to be [S], and
>[s] otherwise; and [S] otherwise is "sz".
In Japanese, doesnt u (depending where it is, i havent studied it, but can
think of examples), and usually i (at least after /S/) tend to be very
very faintly pronounced anyway?

I have a professor whose wife is Japanese, and her name is Yoshiko. But,
he always pronounces (and she seems to too), as /joSko/. So, wouldnt it
not be unreasonable for Yoon to keep the /St/ she likes?\

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