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Re: Phonology test

From:Raymond A. Brown <raybrown@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 29, 1998, 18:49
At 5:34 pm -0500 28/9/98, Carlos Thompson wrote:
>The following is a test for phonology-orthography. > >Without any indication of which language(s) come this from, how do you >fellow conlangers would pronounce the following:
As one who finds challenges hard to resist, here goes ;)
> dij Schdzjarvk
[d@j ZdZarfk] (some consonant assimilation here :) The [ZdZ] is a bit tricky, but no more so than Russian [StS].
> exhengvidair
[EkshENvidair]
> Chlewey
[xlEwei]
> Dvigitt
[dvi:git]
> ulimanhka
[ulimaNka]
> dzjon
[dZOn]
> Umfrixalihba
[umfriksali:ba]
> >E dem chi laim
[e dEm xi laim]
>siman de yacken e vis se lah
[siman de jakkEn e vis se la:]
>direch vi, direch vi numa lah
[dirEX vi dirEx vi numa la:]
>e numa lah...
[e numa la:]
>e numa lah!
[e numa la:]
>Laim de inkera bah se in
[laim de iNkera ba: se in]
>ox mint de baiya.
[Oks mint de baija]
>Limpter vi, limpter vi.
[limptEr vi, limptEr vi]
>e numa lah.
[e numa la:]
> -- Chlewey
[xlEwei] [r] is an apical trill.
>Thank you
You're welcome. Ray. \