> > I should have added that Lojban uses <y> for /@/.
>
> That's lojban. This isn't.

The point is that there is a precedent. You explained <q> partly by citing
the precedent of Ceqli.

> news://alt.language.artificial
>
> You will need a newsreader [...]

Even for the archives?

> Originally there were only supposed to be the basic 5 vowels. The
> schwa was later included because I wanted something distinct for
> consonant buffering. It is used for forming proper nouns as well, but
> will not be used for "native" SASXSEK roots.

The problem of "consonant buffering" also exists when words containing
consonant clusters are imported (like most of the chemical elements in the
dictionary). I don't think having a one-morpheme phoneme will decrease
confusion so much that it'll be worth the effort.

> > I don't know if any Sinitic languages have it... Mandarin doesn't...

(Neither does Spanish.)

> It doesn't matter if they have a /z/ or not. They can still say [s]
> (see below)

Sorry, I see.

> > Ah, now I see -- but do we need that distinction?
>
> Well, yes. RI is an adjective while RU is a preposition.

I'd simply regard both as "particles".

On the topic of prepositions I recommend sections K4 and L, especially L4,
of http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/ranto/.

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