Re: terminal dialect?

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:47:57 -0500 John Cowan <cowan@...>
writes:

>Actually, the least stable part of the language has been the
>phonology,
>which has changed radically.  The vowels are the main issue, but I do
>not have details.  Anyone who can map Icelandic orthography to
>IPA?
According to what I remember from "Teach Yourself Icelandic" (assuming
that I've correctly interpreted their examples) they'd be something like
this: (note: when two phonemes are given, the second is the "long"
form--that is, when syllable-final or followed by one consonant.)

a  = [a] [a:]
a' = [aU]
ae = [aI]
e = [E] [E:]
e' = [jE]
i, y = [I] [I:]
i', y' = [i:]
o = [O] [O:]
o' = [OU]
o" = [oe] (Open mid front rounded vowel)
u = [Y] [u:]
u' = [u:]

au = [oeI] (See above--what is this in ASCII?)
ei, ey = [EI]


I think this is correct but, of course, we really ought to ask Ferenc
about this one...Hey, Ferke! How close am I? :)

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Josh Brandt-Young <neonwave7@...>
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