Re: [txeqli] Y, W

Rex:-> At this point, does anybody have any really good reason why we shouldn't follow the Esperanto rule of unu sono, unu litero, and have a clear distinction between vowels and semivowels, using y and w?  For one thing, it's very easy to explain and learn, like Esperanto, while complex rules for how to pronounce, say, 'heuiuaio' are anything but.  (If it's spelled 'hewiwayo' it's easy).

Ray:-> No reason not to follow "unu sono, unu litero".  I'd go the way of 'hewiwayo'!  But hang on, if you want 'one sound, one letter" then you might want to re-consider my diphthong letter/numbers for "ai, ei, oi, au, eu, ou" making the number names (f5  c6 c7 b8 gy9 z0) [fai, cei, coi, bau, gyeu, zou], and the 32 sounds of the phonemic alphabet:

"5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z".  And I think the name of "1" should be changed to "hal" because of the similarity in appearance of the first digit in "19" [halgy9] and letter "l" [L9 = leu]. "2" is still available to represent the vowel sound in the french word for "2" (or "o" umlaut in German).  "3" is still available to represent [Z] if needed to distinguish from "j" anytime.  And "4" is still available for the vowel in the french word "lune" (or "u" umlaut in German).  Now (with the help of & and `) you can use this same alphabet for writing English, French and German phonemically too!

 

Phonemic German Transcription
p5n Pein                  
b5n Bein                  
t5C                  Teich   
d5C Deich   
kunst Kunst   
gunst Gunst  
feR?5n Verein 
pfa:l Pfahl 
tsa:l Zahl
d7c            deutsch  
juq`l Dschungel
fast fast  
vas was  
tas`           Tasse   
ha:z` Hase 
vax`n         waschen 
3eni:          Genie 
ziC&         sicher 
ja:& Jahr 
buX          Buch  
hant Hand 
m5n mein  
n5n nein 

diq                           Ding 
l5m Leim
R5m Reim 
zits             Sitz 
g`zets                       Gesetz 

zats Satz 
trots             Trotz
xuts           Schutz
h4px          hübsch 
pl2tsliC                  plötzliC

li:t              Lied 
be:t Beet
xpe:t          spät 
ta:t Tat 
ro:t rot 
blu:t Blut 
z4:s            süß  
bl2:t blöd 
5s              Eis 
h8s             Haus 
kr7ts         Kreuz 
bit`                  bitte  

bes&         besser 
ti:&                  Tier 
vi&t           Wirt
t4:&           Tür 
t4&k`        Türke 

xve:&        schwer 
be&k         Berg 
be:&          Bär 
f2:8                  Föhr 
v2&t&       Wörter 
ha:&          Haar  
ha&t                  hart  
ku:&          Kur
ku&ts       kurz  
o:&                  Ohr 
do&t                  dort