Musings on Language #2

[Yora]

In German we have the opposite problem. We have too many letters for the same sounds.

> V is either pronounced W or F.
> I is always followed by a consonant, J is always followed by a vowel. Otherwise they are identical.
> C can be either a K or a Z and has no own pronounciation. In current spelling, it is used only as part of "ch" and "sch", which effectively have become distinct letters like the "sz" letter "ß" used to be, or as part of "ck", which is actually "kk".
> "IE" is identical with "IH". All other vowels are drawn out always with *H.
> X is pronounced KS.
> Y doesn't even exist in German words and is only used in english or greek words.
> Q only exists as "qu" and is identical to KU. But like J, it is usually followed by a vowel, while KU is followed by a consonant. And there are maybe 5 or 6 words in the entire language in which it appears at all.
> Z is pronounced TS.
> PH is F

The only exception would be "CH", which has three different pronounciations "cr", "kh", and a softer form of the english "ch".
While Ä sounds a lot like E, there's a very slight difference, but which might not even be present in most dialects.

You could have a perfect German pronounciation with only the letters A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Ä, Ö, Ü plus the combinations SCH, CH1, and CH2. That's 25 instead of 39.

"Man könnte dih deutsche Sprache auch follkommen problemlos mit einem ferkürtstem Alfabet von lediglich fünfundtswantsig Buchstaben schreiben anstelle fon neunundreissig, ohne dabei irgendwelche Einschränkungen bei der Lesbarkeit der Aussprache zu erleiden. In der Tat befinden sich in dihsem Tekst-Beispihl nur sehr wenige Stellen, an denen irgendeine Form von Änderung durchgeführt werden müsste."
All changes marked bold.