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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "dhasenan" <faceloran@j...> wrote: > --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "habarakhe4" <theophilus88@h...> > wrote: > > Ut.unata Arabic Script > > > > Here is my proposal for Ut.unata in Arabic script. It was used in > > the Fortunate Isles under Muslim domination, and still is used by > > the Ut.unata community in the city of Bele_n in al-Wiraniyya > (Muslim > > South America) > > > > /p/ pa' (ba' with three dots below) > > Wouldn't this better be ba' with two dots below? Three dots seems to > indicate an alveolar fricative; two has more diverse uses. Ba' with > three dots below I'd expect to be a retroflex or a labial fricative. > > On the other hand, I'm assuming that language should make sense, > which is a totally unfounded and illogical assumption. I modelled pa' specifically on the Persian abjad /p/. Call them illogical if you must. > > <snip> > > > /J/ nun + three dots above > > So you're broadening the usage of three dots rather than having a > pair hanging near every third letter. I don't need thaa' for Ut.unata. > > > /di/ da' + ya' > > /di\/ da' > > /du/ da' + waw > > /de/ da' + kasra > > /d8/ da' + fath.a > > /do/ da' +d.amma > > /da/ da' + 'alif > > /d/ da' + sukun > > Interesting. So a combination of /dj/ or /dw/ is impossible? Or would > you need to memorize the difference? And are the vowels usually > written? Can you omit the diacritic vowels? the glide symbols used as > vowels? /dw/ is not possible; Ut.unata has only /b/ and /p/ and /f/. /j/ is an allophone of /i/ before a vowel. /dradi/ 'sword', /dradjoS/ 'swords' Diacritics are mandatory a la Kurdish; I thought that I _was_ using the glide symbols /waw/ and /ya'/ as vowels. Or do you mean that waw could cover /u/ and /o/? > > # Christopher Wright