--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@H...> wrote:
> Emaelivpar Bryan Maloney:
> > The effort can be found at
> >
http://mypage.iu.edu/~brmalone/praxian_sample.html
> >
> >Oh, and I'd like to hear some feedback on this. Does it sound
> >reminiscent of anything, for example? I'm not trying to sound like
> >any real language nor trying to avoid it, but I'd be interested in
> >coincidences.
>
> It immediately made me think of some of the speech samples included
in the
> TV series "The History of English." I'm not sure what the names of
those
> languages were. Welsh and Gaelic and Scottish and such, perhaps?
No idea,
> really, but if you're familiar with the TV documentary...
>
> All in all, I liked it. Had sort of a rural, medieval feel to it,
for me
> anyhow. Makes me want to record my own readings. :P
I highly recommend it. There was a good deal of "That's not what
it's supposed to sound like." in my recording effort. It gives me a
feel for the language and has helped me realize that it has one more
vowel sound that I was unaware of. Some words that I had been
transcribing with an /E/ sound actually have an /e/ sound, and there
may be a phonemic long/short distinction for one vowel.
Had I not sat down and spoken it, I would never have realized it.