Re: Grammatical Summary of Kemata
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 14, 2001, 13:55 |
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At 21:45 2001-12-13 +0100, Rune Haugseng wrote:
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> > Well, it wasn't too bad then. By [&], do you mean the "ae" sound (which's
> > officially [{] in X-SAMPA), or is it really the front low rounded vowel?
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>No - it's actually neither. I guess this really shows my unfamiliarity
>with phonetics. After some more consideration I think the sound is
>actually more or less a schwa (though it might be a little bit higher)
>- I guess that makes it [r}n@ h@}gsEN] or [r8n@ h@8gsEN].
In my experience it is intermediate between [ae] and [oe]. But it seems
Norwegians differ a lot in the exact pronunciation of _au_.
/BP 8^)>
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