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

On Sat, 28 May 2005 22:15:33 -0700, Sylvia Sotomayor <kelen@...>
wrote:
>
>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 KÄ“len
>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
I don't know if Matt is reading the list these days, so I'll throw in my 2
cents. Having heard you, I'd day _your_ pronunciation has middish vowels, a
little closer to [E] than to [e]. Thus, maybe [kE_r:.lE_rn]. IIRC any
stress is on the 1st syllable.

Jeff

>--
>Sylvia Sotomayor
>sylvia1@ix.netcom.com
>kelen@ix.netcom.com
>
>KÄ“len 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;

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