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Re: REQUEST: How to Pronounce Your Conlang's Name

From:Sylvia Sotomayor <kelen@...>
Date:Sunday, May 29, 2005, 5:12
On Saturday 28 May 2005 14:59, Arthaey Angosii wrote:
> I'm adding the question "How do I pronounce the name of conlang X?" to my > FAQ: > > http://conlang.arthaey.com/faq.html > > This is a hard thing to search the archives for, so I'm asking for > submissions. Just send me (and/or the list) > > * your conlang's name > * CXS pronunciation > > You don't need to sent me the Unicode (but if you *really* want to, > use the entity codes, please). > > Thanks!
I'm lousy at phonetics and phonology, so I'll just say that Kēlen is pronounced with a velar stop (probably not aspirated, but definitely voiceless, a long [e] ( [e:] ? ), [l], short [e], and [n]. I have no idea regarding the stress pattern or much else. Matt Pearson knows how to pronounce it better than I do. -S -- Sylvia Sotomayor sylvia1@ix.netcom.com kelen@ix.netcom.com Kēlen language info can be found at: http://www.terjemar.net/kelen.php This post may contain the following: ñ (n-tilde) þ (thorn) ā (a-macron) ē (e-macron) ī (i-macron) ō (o-macron) ū (u-macron) λ (lambda) āe ñarra anmārienne cī āe reharra anmārienne lā;