Re: Chinese Dialect Question
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 3, 2003, 16:22 |
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At 08:16 1.10.2003, JS Bangs wrote:
>p, t, k, b, d, g are usually equal to their phonetic values, or differ
>only non-distinctively.
Ever heard about Danish? Basically _b, d, g_ are [b_0, d_0, g_0] while
_p, t, k_ are [b_0_h, d_0_h, g_0_h] (really ugly transcription there),
but after vowels and semivowels _b, d, g_ become _w, D, w/j_ and
_p, t, k_ become [b_0, d_0, g_0].
In Swedish and Norwegian _g_ can be [j].
>The only real wildcards are j, z, x, q, c, y.
In Swedish [j, s, ks, k, k/s, y]. Ditto in Danish and Norwegian.
>Vowels:
>
>Vowels are more variable. If you strip away accents, all of the
>following are true in every language I know:
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>a is [a] or [A]
S. [a/A/Q], D. [E:/A]
>e is a mid front unrounded vowel
S. [e], D. [I]
>i is a high front unrounded vowel
Yes.
>o is a mid central/back vowel
S. [u], D. [o]
>u is a high central/back vowel
S. [8], D. [u]
In addition there are:
_y_ S. D. [y]
_å_ S. [o], D. [O]
S. _ä_ [E], D. _æ_ [e]
S. _ö_ D. _ø_ [2]
/BP 8^)
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