Re: Brr (was: Re: A few questions about linguistics concerning my new project)

Kou wrote:
>From: Michael Poxon <mike@...>
>
> > 3. Rather than expand the vowel system, it might be fun to restrict it.
>Just
> > have (say) a i u, as I believe some Inuit langs do. That may even give
>your
> > language a certain cold-climate feel, fine if that's what you're after
>but
> > not so fine if you're not!
>
>Doesn't Arabic, at least in theory, have an a-i-u system? While I've heard
>it can get pretty nippy on those desert nights and you might want to bring
>a cardigan to a mountain top, I don't think of Arabic having a cold-climate
>feel :-)
>
Yes. Also Tagalog and Bisayan, among others in the PI. They do have /e o/ in
loans, however.

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