On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:48:51 +0100, Philip Newton
<philip.newton@...> wrote:
> (plosives)
> /p/ p
> /b/ b
> /t/ t
> /d/ d
> /k/ k
> /g/ g
> /q/ q
> (nasals)
> /m/ m
> /n/ n
> /N/ ng
> (fricatives)
> /P/ f
> /B/ w
> /T/ þ
lower-case thorn
> /D/ đ
d-with-stroke (as in Croatian), though I suspect Icelandic "eth" may
have been intended to match with the Icelandic "thorn"
> /s/ s
> /s_m/ sh
> /z/ ſ
"long s" (looks like an f without the cross-bar)
> /z_m/ ſh
long-s + h
> /C/ ch
> /j\/ jh
> /x/ χ
Greek chi
> /X/ ħ
h-bar, as in Maltese (aka "h with stroke")
> /h/ h
> (laterals)
> /l/ l
> /L/ ł
l with stroke, as in Polish
> (approximate)
> /j/ j
> (rhotic)
> /rR\)/ (This is a simultaneous r and R\... it is fun
> to pronounce.) r
> (affricatives)
> /tT)/ tþ
t + thorn
> /dD)/ dđ
t + d-bar (or t + edh?)
> /ts)/ z
> /dz)/ ds
> /tC)/ tch
> /dj\)/ dj
> /kx)/ kχ
k + chi
> /qX)/ qħ
q + h-bar
> ("whistlized")
> /s_m_W/ (_W represents "whistlization") schü
> /z_m_W/ shü
> /C_W/ chü
> /j\_W/ jü
> /x_W/ chü
> /t_W/ tü
> /d_W/ dü
> /k_W/ kü
> /g_W/ gü
These are all consonant(s) + u-umlaut
> Vowels are:
>
> /i/ ie
> /I/ i
> /e/ e
> /&/ ä
a-umlaut
> /@/ ë
e-"umlaut" (i.e. e with two dots on it)
> /u/ u
> /O/ o
> /A/ a
>
> […]
>
> The suggestions I posted for the whistled consonants are mistaken. The
> following are consistent:
>
> /z_m_W/ ſhü
long-s + h + u-umlaut
> /x_W/ χü
chi + u-umlaut
> gryəsː
g + r + y + shwa + s + IPA lengthening mark (looks like a colon but
with two triangles on top of one another rather than round dots)
> j. 'mach' wust
Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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