[Spellyans] Late Cornish adaptations

[Owen Cook]

It makes better sense to use the circumflex consistently for
unpredictably long vowels. This is already the established practice in
Lhuyd, some of the other LC writers, Jenner, and modern Welsh. I would
suggest, however, that a different diacritic be used for /Q:/, since
we're not talking here about unpredictable length but a different
vowel quality. <å> seems like a natural (the more so as the ring
recalls <ao> and <oa>, which we find in certain texts).

It is not necessary to use a diacritic to mark the <ew>/<ow>
alternation. (1) <ew> could be used across the board as an umbrella
graph. Or (2) <ew> could at least be maintained before vowels (this
applies especially to the words 'clewes' and 'kewar', in which any
prevocalic <ow> would not indicate /u:/).

Oll an gwelha,
~~Owen

2008/8/8 A. J. Trim <ajtrim at msn.com> rug screfa:
> If you are going to use the dieresis for the y/e alternation and the
> circumflex for the e/o alternation, please consider using the acute accent
> for marking unexpectedly long vowels (instead of the circumflex.)  Then use
> the circumflex for the alternative long <a> found in clâf, etc.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew J. Trim