Re: ng vs w

>From: Peter Clark <peter-clark@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: ng vs w
>Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 18:57:53 -0600
>
>On Saturday 29 March 2003 06:48 pm, alexandre lang wrote:
> > I have just readt throught the pages of Concise compendium of world's
> > languaes again and there seems to be a /v/ sorted in fricatives as well
>as
> > a /w/ sorted in semi-vowels, could anyone tell me the difference between
> > both as well as your opinions about /ng/ vs /w/
>
>         Are you asking what the difference is between /v/ and /w/? In
>which case I
>need to ask what your native language is. Possibly you are confused by the
>orthographic conventions. As was already pointed out, "w" in German is
>pronounced /v/. (Is this also the case with Polish, with l-slash left to
>represent /w/? I've forgotten...)
>         However, IPA /w/ is most definitely a voiced, bi-labial
>semi-vowel, while /v/
>is a voiced labio-dental fricative.
>         BTW, what are the other phonemes in your language? Actually, I
>think I will
>guess. :) Vowels: /i e a o u/, probably /@/. Consonants: /p b t d k g m n f
>v
>s z x j r l/ (where /x/ can also be /h/). Not counting /w/ and /N/, how did
>I
>do?
>         :Peter
>--
>Oh what a tangled web they weave who try a new word to conceive!
I am able to speak french and english fluently, i studied spanish for 3
years and i know a few words in japanese and Mandarin. And yes, those are
exactly the phonemes i have, how did you know? =P


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