Zompist Bboard Again

Is there a language that has less phonemes than letters in alphabet?

Ich würde auf Altgriechisch schrieben, aber ich habe keine polytonische Tastatur, die auf meinem Komputer installiert ist. I would write in Ancient Greek, but I don't have a polytonic keyboard installed on my computer. Du kannst immer Zusammensteltasten nutzen. You can always use compose keys.

Linguoboy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:31 pm

Zju wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:19 pmFace and head are very basic terms and not likely to be borrowed at all.

Okay I'll face it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

About the last point: I'm skeptical. Face and head are very basic terms and not likely to be borrowed at all. Infact, if there's any relatedness, I'm more willing to accept a genetic one, but then I'm very far from being convinced still. (and yes, I'm aware that in principle any word could be borrow...

Some unnamed lang

/p t t͡ʃ k/
/s ʃ/
/m n j w/
/r l ɻʷ ɭʷ/

/ɑ ɯ ɔ u ɛ i/
/ɑ˥ ɑ˩ .../

1. Diacritics look messy and should be minimised Say no more. /m n ŋ/ <м н ҥ> /p b t d k g/ <п б т д к г> /p͡f t͡s t͡ʃ/ <ҧ ц ч> /s z ʃ/ <с з ш> /f v ç/x h/ <ф в х һ> /j l r / <й л р> /d͡ʒ ʒ w/ <џ ж у> /a ə ɛ ɪ ɔ ʊ œ ʏ/ [ɐ] <а ъ е и о у ө ү ѫ> /aː eː ɛː iː oː uː øː yː/ <аа ѧ ее ии оо уу өө үү> /aɪ a...

Given bog standard /a o u e i/ and /w/ in the onset, is it plausible that
w > ∅ / _o
w > v / _{a u e i}
with the latter perhaps as two seperate sound changes - / _u and / _{a e i} ? Order doesn't matter.