Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Robert Hailman wrote:
> > I have a project coming up at school where I'm allowed to do more or
> > less anything I want, and I'm considering developing a Conlang.
>
> Anything?  Are there any guidelines?

Really, it just has to be an independant project. It's a really cool
assignment, because everyone is doing something different, and you are
put with a teacher who has at least some knoweldge of the field you are
working it. The only requirement is that I have something to show for
myself at the end, in this case a language.

>
> > 1) When I post a sketch of a language, and I give the phonololgy, do I
> > give just the IPA symbols, or do I use the alphabet I am using if it is
> > a Roman alphabet as well as the IPA if they don't agree?
>
> Depends.  Usually people will give the alphabet (and often any details
> about unusual spelling conventions if any) with pronunciation, sometimes
> in IPA, sometimes a description (e.g., "like _k_ in 'skill'"), and
> sometimes both.  I prefer using both, so that those who are familiar
> with IPA can have the IPA, and those who aren't can have an idea of what
> is meant.  For example, the phonology of my lang at
> http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W-Pronunciation.html (I
> just noticed an error in one of my examples, "she" is _tísna_, not
> _tísfuna_)
>

That's not a bad idea, as in my sketch I do have both descriptions and
the IPA, as well as the name of the sound (voiced velar frictive, etc.)
As long as it doesn't require any work, I'm all for it. :-)

> > In my language the disagree somewhat, as I use
> > x to represent a voiced velar fricative (I forget the symbol), as well
> > as some other exceptions.
>
> The usual ASCII symbol is /G/
>

Thanks, I needed that, quite literally.

--
Robert