Re: [glosalist] separating vowels from each other ......

a rethink about my fairly radical suggestions - “t” and “k” are plosives,
the tip of the tongue is pressed against the top of the mouth to stop the flow
of air and the the air is released with a very mild explosion. “k” is similar
but at the back of the mouth - “d” and “g” are similar but with the voice used . “s” and “z” are like “t” and “d” but the tongue only partly blocks the air flow and adds a hissing sound - these letters are already used in glosa and so will not serve my purpose. if the sound “k” is modified in the same way we get a letter that is variously spelled as “kh” , “ch” and “x”, i have suggested “x” in glosa could be used for the same purpose, if this letter is voiced we get “gh” ……. this is not used in glosa so that it could help very quietly, to separate two vowels that are pronounced, it need not be written but left to the speaker’s discretion. so we could have - “ u gina (gh)e (gh)u (gh)andro (gh)es in u horti”. between “s” and “x” we have “sh” which might be better to use - “u gina (sh)e (sh)u (sh)andro (sh)es in u horti” between consonants we could say but not write shwa a vague vowel sound in
between the other 5 - “q”- we are asked to actually say “k” + “w”, “w” is not in glosa’s letter set so is replaced by “u” - if “k” is followed by “u” there is a tendency to pronounce it further back in the mouth so that it sounds like the “q” in IPA - the initial sound in “ke” and “que” are not quite the same so we could retain “q” i’ve become somewhat verbose - sorry sid

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