Re: Sounds of Quenya?
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 28, 2006, 21:42 |
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On 1/28/06, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> wrote:
> So, I think I'm getting a handle on the sounds of Quenya. Here's what I
> understand. Please comment with corrections.
> ë /@/ finally, but trema is used for diaeresis elsewhere
That means "two dots is used for two dots elsewhere". :) And IIRC,
it's not /@/ finally, it's /e/. The diaresis is there to remind
English-speakers that it's not silent, as final E's so often are in
English. I think a final *long* e just gets the accent mark, like a
long vowel anywhere else, but a final *short* e gets the trema. But
it's definitely not a schwa. In Galadriel's Lament, Namarië ends in a
clear vowel.
> ry is troublesome to me since I can't grok /r_j/
I suggest trying to hear it in Japanese, which IIRC has a phonemic
distinction between /r_j/ and /rj/.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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