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Re: YADPT (D=Dutch)

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Friday, November 7, 2003, 18:55
--- Maija Astrand skrzypszy:

> Please, how should _eu_ and _eeu_ be pronounced in Dutch, supposing both > exist and are different from each other?
That's simple: <eu> is pronounced [2] (ö, ø, ...), like in French. <eeu> exists only in combination with a following <w>, in which case the combination <uw> is pronounced [w]. Thus, <eeuw> is pronounced [e:w].
>Do you have any idea how they are pronounced in Afrikaans?
Not very different from Dutch, I suppose. Jan

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