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Re: [romconlang] Emphatic Uchunata



Christian Thalmann eskriviw:


> --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "habarakhe4"
<theophilus88@h...> wrote:
> > > Inspired by Moroccan Colloquial Arabic, I am contemplating
adding
> > > emphatics to the evolution of Uchunata.
>
> That would be unfortunate (pun not intended).  Currently,
> Fortunatian is intriguingly exotic, yet pronounceable and
> aesthetically tolerable to me.  It would forfeit those two
> latter properties if it picked up emphatics, which are far
> beyond my articulatory comprehension and curdle my blood
> with their hateful ugliness.

I merely second Christain's opinion.

-- Yitzik