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Re: Nashalq (conlang for hyenafolk)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:05 am
by masako
Orthographically; why have <ch> for /tʃ/ when you have no <c>? Also, <sh> for /ʃ/ when <h> is /x/ seems weird. It's also very "Englishy". You could use <ç> and <c> for them respectively.
Just a thought.
Re: Nashalq (conlang for hyenafolk)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:12 pm
by aporaporimos
masako wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:05 am
Orthographically; why have <ch> for /tʃ/ when you have no <c>? Also, <sh> for /ʃ/ when <h> is /x/ seems weird. It's also very "Englishy". You could use <ç> and <c> for them respectively.
Just a thought.
It's English-y on purpose: I like how it looks and it makes it more accessible if I show words to non-linguist friends. Normally I go for one-letter-one-phoneme but that didn't feel right for this language. There's no ambiguity, as <sh> is always /ʃ/, with /s/ only occuring before a vowel.