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Re: New Arvorec words

From:Dan Jones <feuchard@...>
Date:Sunday, May 27, 2001, 17:03
daniel andreasson wrote:

> Dan Jones wrote: > > > my yw yn yngyl > > I'm a poof > > That's a lot of {y}! :) How is {y} pronounced? [@], [y] > or [i]? AFMNCL Cen, it's [@] when unstressed and [i:] when > stressed.
In Arvorec, <y> is generally pronounced /i/. When the Arvorc'hedow first started writing in the vernacular they didn't use <i> because it was esily missed when next to n and m, which is why i recieved its superscript dot in other langs, IIRC. Dan ----------------------------------------------- Ka yokonáu iti báyan: "cas'alyá abhiyo". Ka tso iti mantabayan: "yama zaláyá alánekayam la s'alika, cas'alika; ka yama yavarryekayan arannáam la vácika, labekayam vácika, ka ali cas'alyeko vanotira." ----------------------------------------------- Dan Jones