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novo dinu 14,2,2007   Message List  
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Re: [sasxsek] novo dinu 14,2,2007

> + /j/ J -> Y : To accomodate the addition of /tS/ and /dZ/
> (see below.)
>
> + Adding C /tS/ and J /dZ/: For right now, I'm thinking of
> adding these
> letters but using them exclusively to better represent names
> that use those
> phonemes or similar sounding ones. It's possible that later on
> these could
> be used for Sasxsek vocabulary as well. I'm holding off on it
> because I'd
> like to keep the phoneme inventory as small as possible but
> adding these
> could make it easier to find recognizable words to add to the
> lexicon.

Well, you'll never completely solve the problem of how to have both a simple
phonology and recognizability.

Incidentally, your one-syllable word roots are hard to recognize and easy to
confuse, IMHO.

> + Adding the ampersand (&) as a generic currency marker,
> meaning "local
> currency unit" that is not specific to the currency of any
> particular country.

Good, except that KA has more than one letter, so some will occasionally
want to abbreviate it...




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NOVO dinu 14,2,2007 ... * Work continues on the Esperanto materials. Right now they are about 25% finished. * PDF Dictionary The color scheme has been restored...
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... Well, you'll never completely solve the problem of how to have both a simple phonology and recognizability. Incidentally, your one-syllable word roots are...
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li [David Marjanovic] mi tulis la ... on ... it ... the ... I know. It's just something I'm trying to balance. I'd prefer not to add any more phonemes and...
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I've been considering the removal of <W> and <Y> from the orthography and just using <U> and <I> since the rules call for diphthongization anyway. I can't see...
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NOVO dinu 29,3,2007 ... * Work has been started on learning materials. A beginning grammar is currently in the works. * The Esperanto materials are...
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... Well, not really, because several will lack minimal pairs. You just keep separate spellings to make the vocabulary easier to recognize. While I am at it,...
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li [David Marjanovic] mi tulis la ... Technically the minimal pairs exist. I'm just lumping certain phonemes together logically for the purpose of vocabulary...
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NOVO dinu 8,4,2007 ... There are a lot of changes this time so here they are. The good thing is that this brings the whole project to a place where many...
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... Why have all those suffixes in the first place? They'll be hard to learn for most people -- of the big world languages, I can think of one that has a ...
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li [David Marjanovic] mi tulis la ... suffix. ... it's ... with ... "learn"), ... The suffixes are there as building blocks. To keep the vocabulary as small as...
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... But... if you use vocabulary instead of grammar, I think you make a net bargain, at least concerning ease of learning. ... My main point was that the...
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... a ... I know, and that's why I orginally avoided the situation but I needed to make the derivatives distinguishable across the board. The use of "-if" for...
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