Re: Age of Conlangers (was Re: Introduction; need advice)
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 20, 2002, 15:59 |
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On Friday 20 December 2002 12:37 pm, taliesin the storyteller wrote:
> * Joe said on 2002-12-20 12:54:48 +0100
>
> > Well, I started in Year 9
>
> School year 9?
>
> > Muëuä is my aesthetic dream, and it has an interesting grammar as well...
> >
> > Acuädiëmuë, laniöniäm aniëlälï muälä. Täuëräl, laniöniäm guäniëlö
> > aniä, däuïniïm täuä amuälö. Däniëniïm niümuä niäuä tiä lä niäuä
>
> /snip/
>
> What are the umlauts for? Guess: when umlauted vowel next to other
> vowel, shows hiatus. If that's the case I find it pretty too.
>
>
> t., who started sometime during the first four years at school
The umlauts, well, it changes the quality of the vowel a bit...from /E/ to
/e:/, for instance. Basically, it marks length. Incidentally, I use |u| and
|i| as semivowels, as well as vowels. All vowels next to a semivowel are
long. So, phonetically, the snippet of text you have is
/akwa:dje:mwe:, lanjO:njA:m nje:lA:li: mwA:lA: tA:we:rA:l, lanjO:njA:m
gwA:nje:lO: anjA: dA:wi:nji:m tA:wA: amwA:lO: dA:nje:nji:m nju:mwA: njA:wA:
tjA: lA: njA:wA: /
The vowels are as follows:
|a| - /a/
|ä| - /A:/
|e| - /E/
|ë| - /e/
|i| - /I/
|ï| - /i:/
|o| - /o/
|ö| - /O:/
|u| - /U/
|ü| - /u:/
|y| - /y/
|ÿ| - /y:/
That basically sums it up.
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