Talk:Pacardian

On the orthography...
I was looking through Pacardian, and I noticed somethings. I hope you don't mind me giving you a few tips? You don't have to take them if you don't want to. Just a thought! The romance languages I'm going to be referring to are French and Spanish (my native language), which I think should give you some-what of the general rules (I know many Romance languages have alike orthographies). You don't have to listen, but I think you should know that k and w, are relatively rare graphemes in Romance languages. Happy conlanging! LctrGzmn 06:54, June 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * [j]
 * 1) Romance languages are somewhat stingy with their sem-vowels. One thing I've noticed in Spanish and French is that to represent /j/ when between words (the use of j word initially is fine), usually "i" is used. So to say /pakaɾðjena/, it would be written "Pacardiena."
 * [k]
 * 1) The phoneme [k] is represented by either "c" before a, o, and u (but you already knew that). However, to use /k/ before e and i, "q" is coupled with "u", so something like /ke/ or /ki/ would be represented like "que" or "qui."
 * [kw]
 * 1) This doesn't exist in French but it does in Spanish, and in Spanish it's represented by "cu" plus the vowel, so to say /kwa/, it would be written "cua".
 * [w]
 * 1) The grapheme w is never used in Romance languages, unless used informally (I'm a native Spanish speaker, and I don't think i've ever seen w in Spanish, or French, for that matter :P). Like /j/, /w/ is represented by the use of the vowel u. So to say /adwan/, it would be written like "aduana". However, word initially, the use is different. Spanish uses the diaeresis over the u, coupled with a g to use /w/, such as the Spanish slang term "güey", /wei/, so to say /wa/, it would be written like "güa". This is also used intervocalically, though sometimes the diaeresis isn't put over the u. In French, the dphthong "ou" symbolizes /u/ when before consonants and /w/ when before vowels, so another way to say /adwan/ would be "adouana".

Thank you for your input. I am aware of these Pacardian features that natural Romance languages lack, and initially i and u were used for /j/ and /w/ respectively. However, I intended to be a little more unique with my conlang. --Isaac Bonewits 18:14, June 11, 2010 (UTC)