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on 4/15/02 5:00 PM, Alexander Browne at alexbrowne@hidden.email wrote: > Here is my idea for the alphabet (using Rex's format): > > Six vowels: > > a as in fAt > e as in bEd (or sAy?) > i as in bEEt > o as in tOE > u as in fOOd > h as in About I kind of like the h as a schwa, nasal or otherwise. > > When adjacent to another vowel, "i" makes the Y sound /j/, and "u" makes > the > W sound /w/. > > I liked the accented/doubled vowels idea at first, but I don't think Ceqli > needs to use so many. As Javier said, the six of Lojban, (if I remember > them correctly). His nasal schwa idea sounds interesting as well, but does > it work with -ng/-ny-? > > Consonants: > > b as in Boy > c as in Chew > d as in Dog > f as in Free > g as in Go > j as in Joe > k as in King > p as in Pig > s as in See > t as in Too > v as in Victory > w as in meaSure > x as in SHoe > z as in Zoo > > Weaks: > > l as in Love > m as in My > n as in No > r as in Rose > q as in haNG > y as in caNYon We really don't need this last as a separate phoneme, I think. It's just /nj/ for most of us. -- >PLEASE NOTE MY NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: rmay@hidden.email > Rex F. May (Baloo) > Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp > Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/gdummy.htm > Language site at: http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/Uploadexp.htm >Discuss my auxiliary language at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/txeqli/