From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 55964
Date: 2008-03-26
>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "jouppe" <jouppe@...> wrote:What, no /a/?
>>
>> Could this system do away with ü and ï then??
>> Jouppe
>
>Sammallahti's system can be reduced to /i u e o/ with no vowel harmony
>very simply:
>i...i > i...i=======================
>i...e > i...a
>i...u > ü...i
>i...o > ü...a
>e...i > e...i
>e...e > e...a
>e...u > ä...i
>e...o > ä...a
>u...i > ï...i
>u...e > ï...a
>u...u > u...i
>u...o > u...a
>o...i > a...i
>o...e > a...a
>o...u > o...i
>o...o > o...a
>
>The transition comes in 4 stages:
>1) Regressive rounding harmony (umlaut)
>2) Loss of rounded feature in non-initial syllables (due to lack of
>primary stress)
>3) Progressive frontness harmony (vowel harmony)
>4a) ë > a
>4b) ö > ä
>4c) e > ä in non-initial syllables