Re: new Unnamed Conlang
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 17, 2004, 14:09 |
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On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 01:08:20PM +0200, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> I don't know how AE sounded, and I doubt anyone else does for sure
> either. What's worse, I don't even know what the conventional
> pronunciation of 'dj' is for it.
Right. AE didn't get written with the Roman alphabet, so first you have
to indicate which transcription system you're using, and even then no
one is sure about the actual sounds. Completely at a loss for vowels,
in fact, although I understand we have some idea about the consonants.
And when I asked if you had difficulty hearing final h, you replied
"nah"; if that was in order to use a word with a final -h, then I hope
you realize that the -h in "nah" is silent, as indeed final h is
everywhere in English. If you wish final h to be silent in your
language as well, you should indicate so explicitly.
NB: I find it interesting that "nah" represents /n&/ while "na"
represents /na/ ("na na na na, hey hey-ey, good-bye"); yet "ah" in most
other contexts indicates /a/. Meanwhile, "yeah" represents /y&/, but
"neah" represents /ni@/, an example of sound-spelling the non-rhotic
pronunciation of "near" for rhotic readers . . .
-Marcos
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