Re: Ulm

Pronunciation scheme in brief--

(I don't know IPA so it's based on other languages.)

Consonants

Corresponding with English:
b,d,g,z,v,p,t,k,s,f,l,m,n,r
h = guttural as in chanukah
q = ch
š = sh
ð = th (unvoiced, but voiced is acceptable)

Vowels
Corresponding to Spanish and Italian: a, i, o, u
e = schwa
ä - Sp. e
ö - as in "good"
ü - corresponds to German

I did not coin any of the rhyming terms except one or
two.  Anyway I'm glad to know that probably 90 percent
of conlangs end up either as deadends or small flings.
 I'm a type who likes to finish things so it bothers
me to keep quitting stuff but now I'll manage.
Also I need a better name for this language.  It's
just a stopgap acronym meaning Una Lingua
Monosillabica, and also corresponding to the location
of a beautiful German cathedral.  Let me know what you
think - I'm working on some of the vocabulary sheets
for this and they are turning out to be interesting.
See yall around, Q

--- Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> wrote:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Quentin Read
> <quonton79@Y...> wrote:
>  > Here is the first thing I wrote in Ulm, the Our
>  > Father.
>  >
>  > Av möt har e dre tran diad.
>  > Lin tos e uk öm räð piad.
>  > Or uv lin mol-bar e bod.
>  > Suk mär um lin bür e pod,
>  > Ar go rih e šab dre tran.
>  > Vod öm ub räð slir be knan.
>  > Vod möt döl e ub tei foð,
>  > Os or päl-um ngont uk koð.
>  > Vod dre brülk öm ub tei vröm,
>  > Vod be skos ub ka gaz öm.
>  > Og qä að mol-bar os zär
>  > Os kal i id šuv e mär.
>
> Looks cool.  Some pronunciation help would be nice.
> Especially
> in the form of an audio recording.  =)
>
>
>
>  > I found all the characters in a regular font.  It
> took
>  > a long time to make this rhyme especially since I
> had
>  > so few words, and also I had to stretch the
> grammar a
>  > little bit.  It sounds a little dumb and
> singsongy for
>  > a prayer but I'll make up a non-rhyming
> counterpart.
>  > But it's all right.  If anyone wants to know more
>  > about it let me know.
>
> Did you coin your vocabulary words so that the
> prayer would
> rhyme, or did you build the rhyme from already
> established
> words?
>
>
>
>  > Thanks for everyone who gave me advice; now I
> have a
>  > little bit more of an idea of what to do.  One
> thing
>  > though; where can I find info on the IPA or
> whatever
>  > phonetic alphabet you are using?  Some of the
>  > characters are not exactly selfevident and I
> don't
>  > understand what sound you are talking about.
>
> We're using the X-SAMPA ASCII representation of IPA.
>
>
http://www.diku.dk/hjemmesider/studerende/thorinn/xsamchart.gif
>
> Furthermore, some people make personal adjustments
> to that
> scheme.  Some, for instance, swap /&/ for /{/ and
> /'/, /,/
> for /"/, /%/.  Such deviation from the standard
> should always
> be explained when you use them, though.
>
>
>
> -- Christian Thalmann

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