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Hello, everybody. I've been pondering, and have made some decisions. Now, I'll try to give the background of my reasoning throughout... Changes to the current phonology, based on suggestions from everybody: B as in Boy same C as in CHew as in THree, wiTH D as in DuD same F as in FluFF same G as in Good same H as in Hat same J as in meaSure as in You, buY K as in KinK same P as in PiP same S as in So same T as in ToT same V as in Victory same X as in SHoe as in THe, weaTHer Z as in Zoo same A as in fAther same E as in bEt same I as in machIne same O as in bOAt same U as in bOOt same W as in coW, We same Y as in buY,You as in bUg, AmericA You'll note that C and J have been liberated to serve as the two Th sounds. I wanted the following: Use only the ascii 26 and no less. Keep a symmetry /S, Z/ and /tS, dZ/ all represented. Have a schwa Now, we can't do this unless we represent the old C and J with digraphs, UNLESS we agree that in Ceqli the /j/ sound palatizes the preceding consonant. Thus. c > tj x > sj, j > dj, (the unrepresented /Z/) > zj. So 'j' serves to palatize, and also serves as a semivowel in diphthongs, and it is _not_ a digraph. So, alas, it becomes Tjeqli. -- >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/