ext_36957 ([identity profile] jume.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] rubah 2015-03-12 02:06 am (UTC)

yeah, I don't entirely buy their conclusions either, but it was a fun thought experiment!

Sometimes I think my ideal use of Y would be to turn it into the long-I sound, reserving I to represent the long-E, but then what do we do with the "yuh" sound; we could increase compatibility with northern european languages by using J to represent that, but then what about the soft G/J sound? argh

it's why I loved learning japanese kana, because there's just sounds, and sometimes they're voiced and you just put the voice mark on them.

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