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 any reason for keeping them
except for traditional conventions that only apply to a few
languages. Without them, the system will be more phonemic. Freeing
them up could leave them open to other uses like transcribing names
from other languages that have [y] [1] etc.
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...
... 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...
David Marjanovic
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Feb 14, 2007 10:06 pm
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...
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...
... 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,...
David Marjanovic
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Mar 29, 2007 7:26 pm
li [David Marjanovic] mi tulis la ... Technically the minimal pairs exist. I'm just lumping certain phonemes together logically for the purpose of vocabulary...
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...
... 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 ...
David Marjanovic
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Apr 8, 2007 11:05 pm
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...
... 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...
David Marjanovic
david.marjanovic@...
Apr 9, 2007 8:27 pm
... 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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