Re: Enochian, also ritual language, was: The search...perfect language

On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Steg Belsky wrote:

> And now, put together like a Frankenstein monster, how i sing it:
>
> [higgOle na uPros HaBiBi 6Olaj es sukas S@lojmExO
>  tO?ir ErEts mikvojDExO nOGilO v@nism@xO B@xO]
>
Let's see if I get this right.  In a Steghian sung accent:

Dagesh Forte _appears_ to be ungerminated when a consonant is unvoiced,
although there is not enough evidence to rule this as consistant.

Dagesh Lene is preserved.  Vet and Fei are bilabial fricatives rather than
labio-dental fricatives.  Tav becomes Saf after a vowel.  Gimel, Dalet and
Kaf preserve their classical pronounciation.  A distinction in
pronunciation is made between Het and Khaf.  Both alef and ayn are
preserved in speech.  Sadei has become a fricative.  Waw becomes Vav and
is distinct from Vet.

It looks like to me that the pronunciation of long and short qametz has
not collapsed together if I read O and a correctly, except possibly in
monosyllables.  Generally classical values for vowels are preserved except
Holem(?) becomes a diphthong in a open syllable.  Schwa in the initial
syllable of a word is always pronounced.

Just what I suspected.  You have the basis for a very interesting
phonology there, Steg.

- andrew.

Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

        Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored;
        Light dies before thy uncreating word:
        Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall;
        And Universal Darkness buries All.
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