--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

> --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Michael Everson <everson@...> wrote:
> > At 18:22 +0000 2005-08-20, suzmccarth wrote:
> >
> > >I am going to ask for a bit of time here. Some synbols, about

six were

> > >completely meaningless to me. I also need time to adjust to all

the

> > >rotations and flips, and check Dalby's 1849 list.
> >
> > I'll type it out myself then.
>
> How were you two thinking Suzanne would type it out? SIL Vai and

some

> form of Rich Text, e.g. Word or HTML?

Here is my transcription of the symbols. It doesn't mean that this
represents the phonology, just that these were the symbols,
according to N'dole and Dalby.

Sorry I can't access a scanner here to post the original. No can do.

1. ma~ si lee si ke ya(?) kpoo loo kee lee ma~ ka(ga) ni b_a ni i
kpo d_o(nd_o) ti je

2. ka ka a ni n~ pe le kpoo loo d_oo ti je ka ni b_a loo a la ma~
su(?) nu~ nga woo gbi ?

3. li lu nya~ ma~ lo woo ma~ ka fa ma~ nyo~ nu~ la(d_a) ka fa ma~
nyi~ nga ka ni b_a na~ kpoo loo

4. te e(?) b_oo loo gbi ma~ kpoo loo mo~ nu~ wee lee ka fa ma~ nu~
la ka fa mbee lee

5. kpoo loo lo a wo le kpoo loo mo~ ke lo ki(?) ja ma~ nyi~ mo~ kpoo
loo pe koo soo(?) ka

6. fa ma~ a i lu(nd_u) ja tu(dee) na~ ma~ wa h_i~ mo~ ma~ mo~ ja a
la n~ la koo a ma~ nyi~

7. to nya~ mo~ gbi ta si na~ a li je ne~ d_oo wa nu~ nyi~ a loo je
ne~ d_o mo~

8. wee lee ka fa ma~ ja lo mo~ la n~ mbee ya(?) b_oo lo ja(?) ka na~
koo wa

9. n~ mbo lee ma~ ja b_a la mo~ too mo~ ? ma~ ka ke ya to nya~ ? i
koo b_e

10. le sa si na~ i yee ma~ ja n~ b_e too nya~ la wo ma~ ka mo~ kpa
la nu~ ka koo wee lee

Notes

_ implosive, 'oo' is long/ closed, 'o' is short/open, 'ee' is
long, 'e' is short, open

No contrasts between voiced and unvoiced plosives and no contrasts
between implosive and prenasalized implosive

nasal syllables are important distinctions


Suzanne

>
> Richard.