Re: Three vowel grades

David Stokes wrote:
> Rising will be the most stressed, so maybe the 'pure' vowels i u a o for
> it. Falling is the next most stressed, because it is in the word roots.
> I'm not wild about rounding, which is the other distinction I know about.
How about tuning the rising vowels into diphthongs?  So, for example:

/i/ -> /ia/ -> /ja/
/e/ -> /ej/
/a/ -> /aj/
/u/ -> /ua/ -> /wa/

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