James Kass:
> 
> (bottle, east,    skier,       crucial,    cherry)
> s'i's'a, s'yg'ys, s'an'g'ys'y, s'es'u's'i, s'i'i'e
> sxixsxa, sxygxys, sxanxgxysxy, sxesxuxsxi, sxixixe
> s̈ïs̈a,    s̈yg̈ys,   s̈an̈g̈ys̈y,     s̈es̈üs̈i,     s̈ïïe
> śíśa,    śyǵys,   śańǵyśy,     śeśúśi,     śííe

[Esperanto orthography] provides the option to either choose x-digraphs, 
h-digraphs or caron diacritics (i.e. circumflex on consonants and breve on 
vowels) and there are some alternative proposals, e.g. substituting 'ŭ' by 
unused 'w'. No naturally evolved orthography, as far as I know, mixes consonant 
and vowel letters in digraphs, but 'j' and 'w' or 'v' can be both and 'h' is a 
special case. Using 'x' after consonants and 'w' after vowels would therefore 
make some sense, although it still looks strange to people used to natural 
graphotactics. Readability may be improved if not all diacritics are put above 
the base letter.

  s'i's'a, s'yg'ys, s'an'g'ys'y, s'es'u's'i, s'i'i'e
  sxiwsxa, sxygxys, sxanxgxysxy, sxesxuwsxi, sxiwiwe
  shijsha, shyghys, shanhghyshy, sheshuwshi, shijije
  šíša,    šyğys,   šañğyšy,     šešúši,     šííe
  şíşa,    şyğys,   şañğyşy,     şeşúşi,     şííe

  [Esperanto orthography]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto_orthography

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