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| Old Lars |
 Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:05 pm |
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| John Atkinson |
| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:24 am |
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"Old Lars" <lsulky@home.com> wrote in message
news:4662e966.0503141005.648139ed@posting.google.com...
[quote:e1354f5396]I've recently put to web a pet project of mine: an international
auxiliary language called Kon'ya. I'd much appreciate feedback and
collaboration from anyone interested. There's a discussion group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konyalanguage/, from which you can link
to the Kon'ya page, or you can go directly there at
http://ca.geocities.com/handydad/konya/konya-main.html .
I hope to hear from you!
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What does the apostrophe ' denote in your spelling? My first guess was that
it represents the glottal stop, as in many Pacific languages, but it isn't
listed in your phoneme list, and its phonotactics seem rather unusual.
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| Jacques Guy |
| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:03 am |
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John Atkinson wrote:
[quote:c1620291db]What does the apostrophe ' denote in your spelling? My first guess was that
it represents the glottal stop, as in many Pacific languages, but it isn't
listed in your phoneme list, and its phonotactics seem rather unusual.
[/quote:c1620291db]
Elle est là, la soluce, eh!
kowacu kom'yu
1. kom'yu = to eat
2. There is no present participle form; is eating is equivalent to eats.
3. Important: Whenever a functional suffix or infix, such as the
verb suffix yu, follows the letter a, the a is replaced by an apostrophe
in written Kon'ya, unless this would leave the illegal combination w' or
y', or if the a is part of a letter name. [uh?]
4. The apostrophe is preferably not pronounced at all, thus dropping
the syllable. However, it is acceptable to insert the unstressed schwa
sound of a for the apostrophe, if the speaker desires.
But if you are after the ultimate grammatical and syntactic
simplicity, I recommend Beddy-Byes (ask Google). It makes do
with one (count 'em, ONE) single rule. It also has the
advantage of being completely beyond the intellectual reach
of any human being, so, really, you don't have to learn it
(it's impossible to learn! :-)
My other pride and joy is Zikamu which, if I am to believe Google,
I invented on 27 January 1995. But there is far less material
available on the Net about Zikamu. Pity. |
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| Guest |
| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:01 am |
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John Atkinson wrote:
[quote:4445a9d821]"Old Lars" <lsulky@home.com> wrote in message
news:4662e966.0503141005.648139ed@posting.google.com...
I've recently put to web a pet project of mine: an international
auxiliary language called Kon'ya. I'd much appreciate feedback and
collaboration from anyone interested. There's a discussion group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konyalanguage/, from which you can
link
to the Kon'ya page, or you can go directly there at
http://ca.geocities.com/handydad/konya/konya-main.html .
I hope to hear from you!
What does the apostrophe ' denote in your spelling? My first guess
was that
it represents the glottal stop, as in many Pacific languages, but it
isn't
listed in your phoneme list, and its phonotactics seem rather
unusual.
J.
It represents an omitted 'a' (which is phonemically /a/ or schwa (I[/quote:4445a9d821]
don't remember the schwa spelling: /@/ ?)). It can be pronounced
exactly like 'a', or can be omitted entirely from pronunciation. It's
an attempt to visually remind a reader that this omission is possible,
whereas an 'a' cannot be simply omitted.
I'd be happy to discuss further within the Konya group (see above)!
Thanks! |
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