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Ah yes. The japanese television series version, called "Monkey" is most definitely a cult classic over here. The poor dubbing and amusing plotlines make this beloved of uni-students everywhere :wink: . The power of Monkey was . . . irrepressible! the actor who played Tripitaka was a woman . . . . mo...

What about the /y/ though? is that a front rounded vowel? (probably not, given as you say that all vowels are unrounded)

Elkaril seems to favour high vowels . . . but that could just be the effect of the small samples we've had so far.

--Rhisto Filipei

Yes, that is largely true as far as I know. Of course, they don't usually nowdays live in the few big grassy plains we have (in New South Wales, mainly, around the Blue Mountains) since these have long been taken over by sheep. Some kangaroos can subsist in semi-arid areas - or at least i assume the...

I *think* I understand this idea, and, yes, I really like the whole discrete rather than continuous variation thing. I assume that this idea is a recurring theme throughout the language. What kind of phonemic inventory are we dealing with? Do the elcari have different speech production capabilities ...

Se ditavai ci-letu?. E mudhe sh?na, er mudhe boly?sh?, ur? e mudhe dobr?! Rhofasil crivan vouim il eshele, ac il rho e fasil crivan im soan Sfahan! Rho tenao sul an cues ci-piyula: esce soa Cir?ma sfahe eta soi elcari? Se rhedcao dy ila e pleshchura Cuze?. Indhayeco Sfaha es?! Silorai divrec. :) Aa,...