Forgotten Features

Forgotten Features is a vowel system that was considered on the Vowel Ballot.

Proposal
The system was proposed saying: ''12+1 vowel system: 3 locations (close/mid/open) by 4 features (nasal, plain, pharyngeal, creaky) + neutral voiceless CLOSE Nasal: ĩ / ĩ: Plain: i / i: Pharyngeal: iˁ / iˁ: Creaky: ̰i / ̰i: MID Nasal: ẽ / ẽ: Plain: e / e: Pharyngeal: eˁ / eˁ: Creaky: ̰e / ̰e: OPEN Nasal: ã / ã: Plain: a / a: Pharyngeal: aˁ / aˁ: Creaky: ̰a / ̰a: VOICELESS ə̥ Possible latin orthography (keyboard friendly) Plain Short: i e a / Long: ii ee aa Nasal Short: i~ e~ a~ / Long: ii~ ee~ aa~ Pharyngeal Short: i’ e’ a’ / Long: ii’ ee’ aa’ Creaky Short: i, e, a, / Long: ii, ee, aa, ee, Voiceless ø Justification: While the Forgotten Features vowel system might seem challenging at first, if you speak English, you may have some experience with them already! Nasal vowels occur, for example, in some pronunciations of huh? /hə̃/ and the negatory nuh-uh /nə̃.ə̃/. Creaky voice sounds the same as the dreaded “vocal fry”, which is easy to do. You might also have experience with the voiceless vowel too! See for example peculiar /pʰə̥ˈkjuːliɚ/ and potato /pʰə̥ˈtʰeɪtoʊ/. Even pharyngealization isn’t so alien, as North American English uses it in the “dark L” of feel /fiːɫ/ Many conlangs do nothing but contrast the tongue being front and back, and the lips being rounded with unrounded. Contrasting using other features instead lets us create a conlang which will look and sound different and fun! Vote Forgotten Features for a vowel solution which is creative and unique, but not too hard to get the hang of! Forgotten Features offers a very unique look, feel, and sound once you get the hang of it. Play around with all the different words and morphemes you make with them, and I think you'll find it flexible, enjoyable, and fun. All the other vowel systems just give you lip rounding and tongue backing - vote for a vowel system that engages the forgotten features!''