Didier Willis wrote:

> No, I was talking about the pronunciation (see below). The writing
> does not really matter here, though you may find it useful to keep
> clear and distinct letters (if both the pronunciation and the
> writing can be mistaken, it'll be a real nightmare :-)
>
> > [...]
> >
> > In pronunciation, they seem to be different enough to me (although
> > i haven't really tried speaking to my cat or anyone else for that
> > matter).
>
> OK, the sounds are actually different, but also, in a way, quite
> close to each other.
>
>   - There might be not much difference (between /ie/ and
>     /ia/ for instance) if two interlocutors from different
>     origins (and therefore slightly different accent/habbits)
>     speak quickly together.
>
>   - The differentiation is made on one syllable only.
>     (Imagine a communication through cellular phones with many
>     interferences. One syllable could be altered by the noise, and
>     the other interlocutor would have difficulties to understand
>     the meaning of the sentence. Misunderstanding 'cfyd' for
>     'cfiyd' changes the overall meaning!)
>
> What I am trying to say is that your system looks nice on a
> purely theorical aspect, but seems IMO impracticable for common
> speech situatiosn. Your derivations are all based on one single
> vowel shift, and I think this is not enough, especially for
> so close meanings and functional roles (in these cases, the context
> does not permit to solve potential ambiguities).
>
> On my own experience of these problems, I pointed out redundancy
> as one solution to this peculiar issue, but there are of course
> other solutions.
>
> Didier.
> -- -

Well, there is one bit of redundancy that I have: the a-, o-, and r-
modifiers only go on verbs, and the u-, e-, and i- modifiers only go on
nouns. I think you really have a good point here, I think I'm going to
impliment some more redundancy. How about having each of those modifer
vowels (the ones put in the middle of the word) followed by a unique
consonant?

i + th, u + ng (for -a-)
i + w, u + c (for e-)
and etc...
so:
cfed - to give
cfuced - to be given
cfungad - a gift
cfiwed - have given to
cfithad - recipient

what other things are there that can be done?
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