22-09-2016, 08:57 AM
I believe escape chose the right labels for the right elements. With the exception of ether, which seems to be a very complicated case depending on which system is followed.
About your transcription system: one problem, which it shares with many other proposed solutions, is that gallows represent certain important sounds that are not represented in another way. This seems logical, but given the fact that gallows (and indeed many other glyphs) only occur in certain positions, it complicates things. Are there really languages where "t" and "k" only occur at the beginning of words, like gallows do?
About your transcription system: one problem, which it shares with many other proposed solutions, is that gallows represent certain important sounds that are not represented in another way. This seems logical, but given the fact that gallows (and indeed many other glyphs) only occur in certain positions, it complicates things. Are there really languages where "t" and "k" only occur at the beginning of words, like gallows do?