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Re: sounds I can't find!!!

From:Scotto Hlad <scotto@...>
Date:Monday, August 16, 2004, 1:24
Trebor,
would this be the representation from
http://cassowary.free.fr/Linguistics/cxschart.png
Thanks!
S

> -----Original Message----- > From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On > Behalf Of Trebor Jung > Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 7:18 PM > To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU > Subject: Re: sounds I can't find!!! > > > Scotto wrote: "I'm putting together a table for Vistulan that > indicates all > the sounds for the language in IPA using CXS. > > Nice to see you're not using approximations like "X letter/letter > combination is pronounced like Y letter/letter combination in Z > natlang" :) > > "c+hacek > > How do you pronounce this? As <ch> in N.American "chalk"? If so, that's > /tS/. > > "n+tilde > > /n_j/. Ditto for m~. Or maybe the former would be /J/? What's the > difference? > > "German 'au' or similarly Portuguese 'ao' > > /au/ or /aw/, whichever you like. > > "the sound in north American English i as in kite, flight, or German 'ei' > > /ai/ or /aj/, ditto. > > "oi as in north American English soil, spoil German 'eu' > > /oi/ or /oj/, ditto. > > Cheers, > > Trebor > > "Those who die for life, cannot be called dead."