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Re: Rubaga Phones

From:Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...>
Date:Monday, March 18, 2002, 2:49
OK, final version???

On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 23:44:59 +0100, Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> wrote:

>En réponse à Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...>: >
Consonants (approximate in some cases): | stop fricative nasal trill later. aprx. | VL Vd VL Vd Vd VL Vd Vd Vd ----------------+--------------------------------------------- bilabial | p b p\_w m labiodental | f v labiodent.+pal. | f_j v_j apicodental | t d T D n l apicodent.+lab. | T_w D_w alveolar | s z (r) retroflex | r' palatoalveolar | S Z palatovelar or palatal | c J\ C j\ J (L) j velar | k g x G N labiovelar | k_w g_w x_w G_w N_w (L\_w) w uvular | (X) (R) R\_0 R\ glottal | h labioglottal | (h_w)
>> Well, the tongue is lowered somewhat in my own pronunciation of /w/, but >> it could be labiovelar, if that's more frequent. > >I've checked, and I found out that you can symbolise a purely bilabial >voiced approximant as B_o. So if you want it to be purely bilabial, go >ahead :)) . >Note just that it's quite rare as a sound.
[w] is close enough. B_o looks like a smiley for smells bad. One of these days I have to invent an alternate history where the IPA is done *my* way.
>> Are you sure? Isn't the Irish /r/ usually a retroflex trill? > >I don't know Irish, so I cannot tell, but the only thing I told was that >it wasn't present in IPA. Still, the place is not grayed out in my tables, >so it's possible to pronounce. I just cannot find out how to write it >down, either in IPA or X-SAMPA. Maybe by using the "raised" diacritic >(which would make it r`_r), but that may be abusing the poor diacritic :)) >.
I'll leave it at r`. After all, it's not likely that anyone here is going to become fluent and then run off to meet some Rubage. Especially since they're ... elsewhere.
>> I'd forgotten to include symbols for uvular fricatives, since >> non-trilled versions can occur in dialects. > >They are X and R in X-SAMPA (X voiceless, R voiced).
I'll probably use these variants when using X-SAMPA.
>
Vowels (approximate in some cases): | unrounded rounded | front central back ----------+--------------------------- close | i u close lax | I U close mid | e o mid | @ open mid | E 6 O
>This is simply called open mid :)) .
open | a_"
> >> I was using relative terminology, since the vowels don't exactly >> match. I had in mind /I/, /U/, /e/, /o/, /E/, /O/ all being slightly >> lowered and relatively tense, but I guess I'll have to change it, if it >> can't be notated. > >You can use the "lowered" diacritic: _o. But as far as tenseness goes, >there seems to be no diacritic for it in IPA...
I'll have to remember that _o .
>> My own vowel in "but" is central. > >Could also be 3 then (a little higher than 6). If it's rounded, it's 3\.
That's probably it. [6] is about right for Rubaga though.
>> Why do I always get the Lon Chaney roles? > >Become your own director! :)) (I should add that to my sig., but it would >make it less striking :)) )
OK -- guess I'll have to write the damn script, too!
>Christophe. > >http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr > >Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.
Starring: Jeff J. Directed By: Jeff J. Written By: Jeff J. etc. I just hope the union doesn't object!