Re: Phonology/orthography sketch
| From: | Lars Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 29, 2008, 7:01 |
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This is fun. Since Benct hasn't answered, I'll give it a go...
2008/5/28, Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder@...>:
> shouldn't ihtas be ['ixtas]? since above you said: 'h' = [x]
It is. // // is superphonemic representation, //"i1tas// = /iGtas/ = [ixtas].
> and why 'ny' and not 'ng' for [N]?
Probably ni/ny/nw are seen as nasal companions to the voiced
fricatives. Also, there's no voiced uvular stop to complete an
nj/ng/n? series.
> and is there a [w] and how is that spelt?
"The voiced ficatives have approximant
allophones [v\ D j M\ w], occurring mainly between
a vowel and a consonant."
Like tww [tw"u] I guess. When that isn't [t"uR_w] or possibly [t"uw].
The 'mainly' above seems to be hiding a lot, a later section has euir
//eu-ir// = /eR_wir/ = [ewir] -> [eHir]. Approximant before morpheme
boundary?
Lars
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