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Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

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Date:Monday, May 26, 2008, 14:16
> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
> Agreed. IM(E)L, <vacuum> is bisyllabic /'v&k.jum/ even though > <continuum> is tetrasyllabic /k@n'tIn.ju.@m/, and Latinate plurals in > -ii are pronounced with -/i.aj/.
IML "-ii" could be /a:I/ or /i.aI/ depending on the word. How would you say "Elvii"?

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Tristan McLeay <conlang@...>