*grin* That is a fair explanation. Now, I'd parse an apostrophe-less Japreachi as ja-pre-a-chi (I'm assuming the ch is like it is in English? And the i is like the one in "machine"?), myself--I've gotten into the habit of going with classic vowels for fantasy languages by default. Bu twith a largely English-speaking audience, I'm not sure--you could be right.
If anything, you can always just say it's a glottal stop if people bitch about it. (And if you find that it's not really a glottal stop but more of a glide, you could go with Japreyachi--or just say that the language USED to have a glottal stop which is still represented in writing. There--you've got some worlbuilding right there. ;) )
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Date: 2011-11-20 03:07 am (UTC)If anything, you can always just say it's a glottal stop if people bitch about it. (And if you find that it's not really a glottal stop but more of a glide, you could go with Japreyachi--or just say that the language USED to have a glottal stop which is still represented in writing. There--you've got some worlbuilding right there. ;) )