On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:51:24 -0500, Dana Nutter \ deinx nxtxr
<li_sasxsekREMOVETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I have since found some more information, but it too is still
>lacking some of the finer details I'd like to see.
>Unfortunately it appears that this is one area that just hasn't
>been explored much. There are some interesting things like
>front vowels meaning "near" or "small", and back vowels meaning
>"far" or "big". Consonants seem to follow a similar model. [b]
>for "round", "bump", etc. [n] for "black", "dark", "no",
>"nothing". Sounds like [pu] or [fu] usually meaning something
>negative (like English "phooey").
That paragraph made me think of the Ro conlang. It makes use of this
type of arrangement, though I thought the colors described sounded
awkward "bofoc = red", "bofod = orange", etc.
Rick Harrison's Langmaker profile on Ro gives more details on the
function of vowels and consonants in Ro:
http://www.langmaker.com/outpost/ro.htm
FWIW, if I were to use letters in this manner, I'd be more likely to
choose [z] for black, dark, no, nothing based on the English zero, so
I could leave [n] for something else. I've actually been wanting to
design a syllabic conlang that has a CV or CVC structure, and now that
I think about it, building further nuances in it by using that kind of
detail might be an interesting exercise.
Leah
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