Re: Uusisuom language (Online lesson)

Frank George Valoczy sikayal:

> >
> > u is pronounced like the 'oo' sound in the word 'tOOk' while 'y' is
> > pronounced like the 'oo' sound in 'bOOt'. The mouth is far more rounded for
> > the latter and the two sounds are quite distinct and different.
>
> Now I am very confused...
>
> I guess to ask it as simply as possible: are or are not /u/ and /y/
> pronounced as in Finnish?
They are not, according to the information given, but there seems to be
some confusion.  Let's clarify this:

There are three phonetic values in question here, whose IPA symbols are
[y], [u], and [U].  These vowels correspond to the following sounds in the
following languages:

[y]: Finnish {y}, French {u} in {lune}, German {ü} (u-umlaut)
[u]: Finnish {u}, English {oo} in {boot}, German {u}
[U]: English vowel in took, could, hood, etc.

Now, with which of these are the Uusonian {u} and {y} associated?


Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
"It is of the new things that men tire--of fashions and proposals and
improvements and change.  It is the old things that startle and
intoxicate.  It is the old things that are young."
-G.K. Chesterton _The Napoleon of Notting Hill_
Conlanger code: CLI> l%p+++ cS:R:N:H a++ y n18d:6 X+++ A-- E-- L-- N2.5
Idmp k++ ia-- p+ m++ o+++ P d++ b++ Yivríndil

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