Re: vowel harmony
| From: | Pavel Iosad <edricson@...> |
| Date: | Tuesday, June 17, 2003, 19:32 |
Hello,
> What are some ways to develop a front/back vowel harmony system? I'm
> thinking about possibly doing this for my language, developing from an
> earlier vowel inventory of {a e i o u}.
Well, basically, to develop a vowel harmony you'd need to turn your
triangular system into a rectangular one. Thus, you need at least two
low vowels. You could for instance split the low vowel into [&] and [A]
or some other variation thereof.
Pavel
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