MG voiced plosives (was: A few phonetics-related q's)
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 15, 2004, 18:07 |
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On Tuesday, September 14, 2004, at 06:54 , Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Quoting Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>:
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>>> And [anda] is what happens in Modern Greek, IIRC.
>>
>> Yes - tho I understand that in some dialects the nasal is lost entirely,
>> i.
>> e. /anta/ is pronounced [anda] or [ada] according to dialect.
>
> I guess this must be the origin of the use of nu-tau for /d/ in foreign
> names
> and words, then. It gives us wonderful things like "Donald" becoming
> "Ntonalnt"
> (nu-tau-omicron-nu-alpha-nu-tau).
Exactly!
> They also use mu-pi for /b/, and, IIRC, gamma-kappa for /g/.
You do recall correctly, but the use of /d/, /b/ and /g/ is controversial.
The phonemic status of voiced plosives in Modern Greek is still hotly
debated.
Ray
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