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> 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 > > 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-? I took the idea from listening to Cherokee. And of course it works with -ng/-ny- as well as it works with any other nasal consonant; the nasality of the vowel and the nasality of the consonant are independent, in the same manner as the voicing of the vowel doesn't interfere with the voicelessness of p, t or k. Nasalization of the adjacent vowels to a nasal consonant is just a local habit of some American English pronounciations, not a general, universal phonetic rule. > 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 > > I originally removed H because it was the only consonant that didn't form > a voiced/unvoiced pair. If wanted, Y could be instead used for schwa, but > that would mean no letter for '-ny-'. Ñ (n-tilde) could be used, but I > don't like the aesthetic of the letter, personally. Prsonally, I prefer "ñ" to the digraph "ny", because in Spanish there's a difference between the palatal nasal ñ and a nasal followed by the semivowel y (n+y). The final syllables in "España" and "escaño" don't sound like the final ones in "Hispania" and "geranio". Why not just using <y> for the schwa, <j> for /j/, <w> for /w/ and <h> for /h/, leaving aside the palatal nasal and reducing the set ch/sh/dj/zh to just sh/zh or ch/dj? And regarding the voicing of "h", that's not the only consonant not to have a pair: none of the weaks has it either. So, just make "h" be one of them. > This system I think seems less 'forced' than Rex's. Only W for zh and H > for schwa are a little odd, but the rest work well. Also, Ceqli stays > Ceqli. And why not the one I've proposed, which is much less forced than both yours and Rex's: Vowels i /i/ e /e/ or /E/ --or better the middle sound between both a /a/ o /o/ or /O/ --idem (as in Spanish) u /u/ y /@/ or /@~/ Consonants p /p/ b /b/ f /f/ v /v/ t /t/ d /d/ s /s/ z /z/ c /S/ or /tS/ x /Z/ or /dZ/ k /k/ g /g/ Weaks m /m/ n /n/ q /N/ l /l/ r /r/ w /w/ j /j/ h /h/ Hope it may help. Best regards, Javier