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Re: Uusisuom language (Online lesson)

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Monday, April 2, 2001, 2:32
In a message dated 3/28/01 6:53:19 PM, valoczy@VCN.BC.CA writes:

<< I thought I  had it,  but I'm lost again. So /u/ and /y/ in uusisuom are
the reverse  of Finnish /u/ and /y/? >>

/u/ is pronounced like the IPA symbol that's the upside-down omega.  /y/ is
pronounced exactly as it is in Russian (orthography).

-Jenesis