Re: Syllable-Initial /N/
| From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 2, 2003, 1:54 |
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Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> writes:
>Then why is it so difficult to get Engl. speakers to pronounce it in
>Indonesian??? Remember the various manglings of Pres. Ngo Dinh Diem's
>name,
>way back when?
And the same with Tagalog too. It's not a hard sound to reproduce, it just
takes practice. Tagalog has a lot of initial /N/.
ngipin - teeth
ngayon - now
ngiti - smile
nguni't (nguni at) - but
nguso - upper lip
nga (particle) - please, truly, really
Since vietnamese has a lot of initial /N/ too, english speakers here
usually just use /n/. The vietnamese kids usually say "close enough".