Re: Universally Pronounceable Phonology

"X. Rayburn" <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:180920071502475506%none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <fcngsn$1tr$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Logan Kearsley
> <chrono.surfer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> I don't typically go in for auxlangs, but I've started helping out with
a
>> small group project, and I'm trying to design a phonological system 
>> that's
>> as close to universally pronounceable as possible.
>
>> g- glottal plosive
>>  j- postalveolar fricative
>> v- labiodental fricative
>
> You will probably think I am joking here but I am serious. In many
> parts of the world modern dentistry has not become available yet and
> people lose a lot of their teeth as they become elderly. Thus any
> phonemes dependent on teeth are questionably universal.

Assume that the intended speakers have their vocal appartus in proper 
working order.

-l.
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