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Re: [txeqli] Re: More Sounds



on 4/15/02 6:32 PM, uaxuctum at uaxuctum@hidden.email wrote:

> 
> 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/

I like this, except not h as a weak.  It can only appear between vowels if
we're to adhere to English limits on its appearance.  So we can't have hV.
In short, a not very productive weak.

If we go with this otherwise, I'd say, pending using some nonASCII stuff, we
need for
x /Z/
dx /dZ/
c /S/
tc /tS/

And with that, I'd endorse this version.

And, we can deal with the vowel problem without the apostrophe this way:

tia /tja/
tiia /ti a/
tua /twa/
tuua /tu a/

The second i and second u becoming semivowels.

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