reformed Welsh Spelling - comments?
| From: | Robert Jung <robertmjung@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 3:09 |
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The following is a document called 'Reformed Welsh Spelling' that I just
developed. As I find Welsh spelling a bit difficult and puzzling, I decided to
make it phonemic.
Reformed Welsh Spelling
old spelling=new spelling
a=short a, long aa
ae/ai=ai
au=au
b=b
c=k
ch=x
d=d
dd=dd
e[short]=e
e[long]/ei/ey=ei
eu=eu
ew=ew
f=v
ff/ph=f
g=g
gw=/g/ g, /gw/ gw
h=h
i=short i, long ii
iw=iw
j=dj
l=l
ll=ll
m=m
mh=mh
n=n
ngh=ngh
nh=nh
o=short o, long oo
oe/oi/oy=oi
ow=ow
p=p
r=r
rh=rh
s=s
si[before a/e/o]=c
t=t
th=th
ts=tc
u/y[clear]=short u, long uu (pronunciation depends on region)
uw=uw
w=/V/ û, /u/ ûû, /w/ w
wl=wl
wn=wn
wr=wr
wy=wi /wi/ (rising), ui /uj/ (falling)
y=/@/
*Regular stress falls on the next-to-last syllable; irregular stress is marked with an
acute accent.
**Vowel combinations ia, ie, io are pronounced /ja/, /je/, and /jo/, unless the first
i is marked with an umlaut, thus ïa, ïe, ïo, and the combination is /i/ + /a
e o/.
--Robert http://www.kellang.friendpages.com
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