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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@n...> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:07:58 +0000, habarakhe4 <theophilus88@h...> > wrote: > > > diphthongs monophthongize, lowering midvowels > > [ai] > [e] > > [au] > [o] > > [e] > [&] > > [o] > [a] > > Why [a]? That's a lowering and a fronting, and puts it very close to [&]. > Do you mean [A] (unrounded open back vowel)? > Paul [folA p@n@tixT&], That is better! back: [u], [o], [A] clear: [i\]. [@]. [a] front: [i], [e], [&]