Re: Terra Novan (language)

Nik Taylor wrote:
> /dEs Ets @ 'sa~b@ @ 'esta~ 'dle~gwEdZ EtgEt'pek e~ 'desta~ p_hOt @ d@
> Cwo~ 'k_hOna~ EtgEde'se~ fro~ 'e~glES wo~ @ d@ 'mEj@ 'le~gwEdZ@z @ Of A~
> @ d@ 'sul@ 'sEsta~ 'esta~ Olsu gEtre'lEt t_hwO w&sta~ A~ 'sOva~/
Oops, made a small error /'mEj@/ should read /'mEdZ@/, and all /a/
should be /A/.  Also a minor change since I posted rendered a couple of
pronounciations different.  So the whole thing should read:

/dEs Ets @ sA~b@ ?@ '?estA~ 'dle~gwEdZ EtgEt'pek e~ 'destA~ p_hOt @ d@
Cy~ 'k_ho~nA~ EtgEde'se~ fro~ '?e~glES wo~ ?@ d@ 'mEdZ@ 'le~gwEdZ@z @
?Of A~ ?@ d@ 'sul@ 'sEstA~ 'estA~ ?Olsu gEtre'lEt t_hy w&stA~ ?A~
'sOvA~/

Also, I didn't state the vowel phonology:

i y      u
 e    @  o
  E 2    O
   &     A

Eastern Vowel Shift:

y -> i -> e -> E -> & -> A -> O -> o -> u -> y
          I              U

/y/ was derived from /ju/, and /2/ from /Oj/.  The diphthongs /aj/ and
/aw/ became /E/ and /O/ respectively (before the vowel shift, so they
are now /&/ and /o/)

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