Re: Phonological Relay Proposal

"H. S. Teoh" wrote:
> be'K in let jun, ai' hed 3 briif K0'v33sech3n yth bee'ri gaasi'a 3baut
> th3 aidi3' 0f 3 fon0l0'jik3l rilee'.
Should that K be k?  Also, are the accents correct?  Why isn't there an
accent on _briif_, for instance?  Anyhoo (in the standard dialect):

Bíku in-lítu-yun áiyadabliif kávaasityan us-bíili gaasí abáutusa aidí
afafúna layíkal lilíi
IPA (' indicates that the following syllable is high pitch, ` indicates
high-low pitch, . indicates syllable boundaries):
'bi.ku i'nri'tu`jon 'aI.ja.da.ble:f 'kA.vA:.Si.tSan os'bi:'li gA:'Si
A'bAU'tu'sa aI'di afa'fu'na la'ji'kAl li'li:

The reason I split up the <Of 3 fonOlO'jik3l> the way I did is that
having the sixth syllable be the location of the pitch-rise would be
very awkward.  It tends to be on the second syllable.  Incidentally, I
used to think it was final syllable, but when I broke down roots by
syllable-count, I noticed that most of the 3-syllable roots had it on
the second syllable.  The reason I'd thought that it was final syllable
is that the vast majority (about 85%, IIRC) of roots are 2-syllable,
thus, second syllable looked like final syllable!

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