Since I have been revising so much of Rayanese lately, I’ve been thinking about revising part of the phonology, specifically the vowel inventory.
Previously, these were the vowels:
Spelling | X-Sampa |
a | a |
e | e |
i | i |
o | o |
u | u |
ä | { (American English cat) |
ö | 2 |
ü | y |
ï | I |
ë | E |
I want to get rid of the front rounded vowels, [2] and [y]. I will replace them with [O] and [U] but keep spelling the same. I am undecided about a possible schwa [@]. I will also update my phonology page with some more information on diphthongs.