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> 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
I've looked at Ro before but it appears that its sound symbolism
is fairly arbitrary and not based on any known universals, which
is the foundation I'm starting with. It may deviate from that
later as the the available syllabes are used up. I have
deviated already with the numerals since it was im****tant to
keep them as distinct as possible.
> 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.
What I've found indicates nasals for "black", "dark", "no",
"empty", etc. [z] (like: "buzz", "zip", "zoom", etc.) words
tend to indicate action or liveliness so I'm using them for
"life" / , "person", "animal", etc. I also use /na/ for an
interrogative.
The basic structure is CV(n) with the final nasal assimlating
into the next consonant. There are a few V words for grammar,
but all the rest being with a consonant. I will also be adding
some disyllabic lexemes later for the less common vocabulary
like technical terms or animal names which can't otherwise be
rendered with the existing base. I'm thinking maybe CGVCV(n) or
CVCGV(n) for those.
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