Re: ng vs w
| From: | Peter Clark <peter-clark@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 30, 2003, 1:04 |
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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
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Oh what a tangled web they weave who try a new word to conceive!