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Re: [engelang] Re: Engelang phonology chat



On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Philip Newton <philip.newton@hidden.email> wrote:
 

On 28 August 2012 01:21, Mike S. <maikxlx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> /a e i o u 9 y/ - this is like French with the /E/~/e/ contrast leveled or German with the /E/~/e:/ contrast leveled.

[9] seems like an odd choice of vowel to me; do you mean [2] or are
you using a different ASCII IPA system from me?

(As I understand it, [2] : [e] :: [9] : [E].)

Or are you using /e/ for something in the [e]~[E] area and /9/ for
something in the [2]~[9] area?

Still, the choice of symbols seemed a bit odd to me.

I was being sloppy symbolizing phonemes. What I wrote inconsistently as /e o 9/ are all meant to be mid-open, i.e. /E O 9/, though soundwise anything up to mid is fine.  Tikybau is rich in diphthongs so I think those are the best choices.  /E/ should be a little tenser than in English and /O/ should be rounded.  Some Americans merge the latter with /A/ < /Q/.