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> > And, on the other hand, Ceqli (or Txeqli or Qeñli, I'm > > not sure), would thus have little problem representing > > the sounds of English. O.K. But isn't Ceqli supposed > > to be a merging of English AND CHINESE? What about all > > those sound oppositions (b/p, q/ch/, sh/r...) that > > are essential for transcribing adequately any and all > > Chinese words? > Not really supposed to be, just sort of coincidentally turning out that way. > And the Chinese phonemes are just too different from the mainstream to even > try to deal with, really. What do you mean with "Chinese phonemes are just too different from the mainstream to even deal with"? Do you think English phonemes, especially English completely idiosyncratic vowel system and the "th" sounds, are anything close to "the mainstream"? > Now questions for you: How many vowels wd you feel comfortable with, and > what wd they be? The six of Lojban. A very clear, consistent and rich vowel system, and even more if you turn the schwa into a nasal schwa. And perfectly transcribable using the standard ASCII roman alphabet. Best regards, Javier