Re: Universally Pronounceable Phonology

li [Logan Kearsley] mi tulis la ...

> The vowel list current stands as:
> a - [a], [A], [O]
> e - [e], [E], [I], [@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> i - [i]
> o -  [o]
> u - [u], [y], [U]
> And diphthongs:
> ai - [ai], [Ai]
> ei - [ei], [Ei]
> oi - [oi]
> ao - [ao], [au], [Ao], [Au]
> 
> Lots of allophones. And we currently have more vowel sounds than
consonants; 
> that bothers me a bit, though I'm not sure why. I suppose it's OK. 'ao' 
> seems sort of like the odd-diphthong-out. Anything that should be 
> rearranged/added/excluded?

Interesting choices for alternatives, like [I] under /e/, and
[O] for /a/.  I charted the vowels for Sasxsek to visually show
vowel positions and variances.


http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sasxsek/files/sasxsek_vowel_schema.png


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