Re: "Roumant", or whatever it will be called. PART I

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> é: /e/
How do you mark stressed /e/?

> ò: /O/
How do you mark stressed /O/?

And is there any way of marking stressed nasalized vowels, or do those
not exist?

> ou followed by another vowel (or o when followed by a or i): /w/
Do you mean that <oua> and <oui> never occur?

> cu: /k/ in front of e, i
Interesting.

> qu: /k/ in front of e, i (equivalent of 'cu')
What determines whether <cu> or <qu> is used?

> sh: /S/, rare
Is it used in any native words, or only in loan words?

> masculine singular: e /@/
> feminine singular: a /a/
> masculine plural: ès /E/
> feminine plural: as /a/
> There is also the neuter article o: /o/, used to use adjectives or verbs as
> nouns, or in other cases where English would use a demonstrative.
> In front of a vowel or h + vowel, e, a and o become l' /l/
Oooh, I like that, synchronically opaque alternation e/l', a/l', o/l'.
:-)

> masculine singular: um /9~/
> feminine singular: une /yn/
> masculine plural: ums /9~/
> feminine plural: unes /yn/
And how are singular and plurals distinguished in speach?

> masculine: ne /n@/
> feminine: na /na/
What's the origin of these?  _en e_ or something like that?

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