Re: Dune Conlang

Am 11/11 22:08  Don Blaheta yscrifef:
> > barid   -it        ne-   hiid    -it       be       -e     -d
> > bird [singular] [within] hand [singular] "to be" [present singular]
>                      ^^     ^^
> > gwarp  tau   nu-     buk     -t
> > worth  two [within] bush [singular]
>                ^^      ^^^
>
> Ooh, neat, there's vowel harmony!  Odd that /e/ would alternate with
> /u/, though.  Maybe there's no /o/ and /u/ becomes [o] when it's in its
> vowel harmony form?
>
I seem to remember from the Dune Encyclopedia that the vowel harmony was
introduced before Galach underwent a sound shift.

- andrew.
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