Re: CHAT: A sample of my newborn conlang

* Stephen Mulraney said on 2002-01-25 04:31:28 +0100
> Here's the pronunciation in X-SAMPA. I notate diphthongs by preceeding them
> by periods - I write <ruigh> as /4.uiG/
>
> <Ryf elcwe  nau  shuula ar sthoolegh kyn feeagh wriruighenaetha ar laudh
> /4yf ElkwE n.au Su:lA  A4 sTo:lEG   qyn fe:AG  w4i4.uiGEn.AETAs A4 l.auD
Welcome to "The Close Rounded Vowel Lovers Club"! Dix points for the
tap, too, and another ten for the diphthongs! I'll even throw in five
for the /A/, it's so discriminated against by all these [a]-bigots!
*pompous, haughty sniff* </aesthetics>

Your diphthongs, are they rising, falling or centered? That is:
- rising: second vowel more prominent than the first
- falling: first vowel more prominent than the second, like [aI] in
    "high". (For those who have a diphthong there, of course.)
- centered: both vowel more or less equally prominent, the shift from
    one to the other usually more audible. (I'd say the Norwegian /ai/-
    phoneme is more centered than it is falling, like in "hai", shark.)

When two neighboring vowels are not a diphthong, are they separated by
hiatus or by a glottal stop? (Hmm, is there even a symbol for hiatus in
the IPA?)

Liked it, could even pronounce it, keep up the good work.


t., who ought to complete that paper on diphthongs

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