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Re: [txeqli] Schwa



> Another possibility is to free up some letters by using digraphs.  Someone
> suggested something like this for Esperanto, and it might work for Ceqli:
>
> Sj  /S/
> Zj /Z/
> Tj /tS/
> Dj /dZ/
>
> Actually, they don't even have to be digraphs, because it makes phonetic
> sense for these sounds to be so symbolized.
>
> In any case, this frees up X and C.  One could be schwa.

    This sounds like a reasonable possibility to me, since it would allow
the schwa and would not greatly muck up spelling of Tjeqli "native" words
nor adapted foreign or borrowed words.

John