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guildyank >>
Go semi-symmetric. Acknowledge the frequency of phonemes 'tsh', 'sh', 'dzh', and 'zh', and the rarity of 'ts' and 'dz': qu = chew xu = shoe meyjar = major meycar = measure (No more 'q' = 'ng'). Ray >> Another idea is:
qu = chew
cu = shoe
meyj`r = major (or "meyjar" if you pronounce it that
way)
mex`r = measure (or "meyxar" if you pronouce it that way)
fi~g`r =finger
OR
txu = chew
sxu = shoe
meyj`r = major (or "meyjar" if you pronounce it that
way)
mezx`r = measure (or "meyzxar" if you pronouce it that way)
finxg`r = finger
(the "x" in this last group is not a phoneme - it changes the sound of
the preceding letter to a similar phoneme with the digraph ending with
"x" as its grapheme) |