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Slight change. I have reversed è and e, and ò and o, so the language is
now Román, the capital is Ronnó, etc.
Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> I'll soon put up a web page with this stuff. But here's the latest.
>
> Also, the capital is now Rònnô not Róum Nóu. Rònnô comes from Ròm Nò,
> having come to be thought of as a single word, inflections only occurred
> on the Nò, and the two became written as one word.
>
> Alphabet (S alpabêt) - been changed somewhat.
> These are all single letters, written as ligatures and alphabetized in
> the following order
> A (A) /A/
> B (bè) /b/ after a {n} or {m} or word-initially
> /v/ otherwise
> Bb (bès-bè) /b/
> Hb (s mút-èç-bè) /v/, only used word-initially
> C (Cè) /k/ after {n} or initially, and not before i or e
> /ts/ before i or e
> /x/ elsewhere
> Cc (bbèsè) /ts/ before i or e
> /k/ elsewhere
> Ç (Cè-ç-i) /ts/
> Hc (s mút-èt-cè) /x/, only used word-initially
> D (dè) /d/ after {n} or word-initially
> /D/ elsewhere (some dialects have /z/ or /v/ or even /d/)
> Dd (bès-dè or dè) /d/
> Hd (s mút-èd-dè) /D/, only used word-initially
> Dl (dlè) /K\/ Voiced lateral fricative
> E (È) - /E/
> [&] when word-final and unstressed
> È (È Lôgn) [e] when unstressed
> [ej] when stressed
> G (Gè) /g/ after {n} or word-intially, and not before i or e
> /dz/ before i or e
> /G/ elsewhere
> Gg (Bbèzè) /dz/ before i or e
> /g/ elsewhere
> G` (Gè-ç-i) /dz/
> Hg (S mút-èd-gè) /G/, only used word-initially
> Gn (Gèn) /N/
> H (S mút - lit. "The mute one") no sound, used after C and G to block
> palatization
> I (I) /i/
> [j] when ustressed and prevocalic
> K (Ka) /k/ - used as a varient of {c}, mostly when adjacent to another
> {c}
> L (Lè-lètla) /l/
> M (Mè) /m/
> N (Nè) /n/ word-final or prevocalic
> assimilates when preceding a consonant
> O (Ò) /O/
> [A] when unstressed and word-final (thus, -o and -a are
> homophones)
> Ò (Ò Lôgn) [o] when ustressed
> [ow] when stressed
> P (Pè) /p/ after n or m or word-initially
> /f/ elsewhere
> Pp (Bès-pè) /p/
> Hp (S mút-èç-pè) /f/, used only word-initially
> R (Rè-Ròma) /l/ - {r} and {l} are determined by etymology
> S (Sè) /s/, /z/ before voiced consonants
> T (Tè) /t/ after n or word-initially
> /T/ elsewhere (some dialects have /s/ or /f/ or even /t/)
> Tt (Bès-tè) /t/
> Ht (S mút-èt-tè) /T/ (or /s/, /f/, or /t/), only used word-initially
> Tl (Tlè) /K/ (voiceless lateral fricative)
> U (U) /u/
> [w] when ustressed and prevocalic
> X (èç) /x/ word-initially (/ks/ (from /sk/) -> /kx/ -> /x/)
> /ts/ elsewhere (/ks/ -> /ts/ - this occured after the
> word-initial change)
> Y (yè or i glêc) - /Z/
> Z (zè) - /z/
>
> A few other combinations exist
> bf - /bv/ (affricate)
> pf - /pf/ (affricate)
> ai - /aj/, /&j/, /&/, or /Ej/ by dialect (dialect of Rònnô has /&/)
> au - /Aw/ or /Ow/ by dialect (dialect of Rònnô has /Aw/)
> úi - /y/ - only used in some dialects
> ôi - /2/ - only used in some dialects
> ei - same as è
> ou - same as ò
> eo (actually èò) - /eo/ (diphthong)
> oe (actually òè) - /oe/ (diphthong)
> I write èò and òè as eo and oe for simplicity's sake, as they never
> contrast with actual *eo or *oe (that is, /EO/ and /OE/ don't exist)
> However, I do write èò or òè if the two vowels belong to different
> morphemes, like dèòs, stem dè- plus abs. sing. ending -òs.
>
> Allophones:
> /x/ and /G/ are pronounced as [C] and [J] (palatal fricative) before
> front vowels
> /tj/ and /dj/ are often [tS] and [dZ]
> /sj/ and /zj/ are often [S] and /Z/
>
> A few dialectal variations:
> /x/ and /G/ are /h/ and /M\/ (velar approximant) in some dialects
> [C] and [J] are realized as [S] and /Z/ in some dialects
> The [&] and [A] allophones of /E/ and /O/ are used more in many
> dialects, some dialects using them in all unstressed positions, and
> others have completely lost the [E] and [O] allophones
> /K/, /K\/ and /Z/ are /S/, /Z/ and /r\/ (alveolar approximant) in some
> dialects
> Some dialects voice intervocalic fricatives
> Some conservative dialects retain the old /P/ and /B/ for /f/ and /v/,
> while others changed earlier /P/ and /B/ into /h/ and /v/
>
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