Re: Pilovese sentences

A good move to use -ENSIS in the language name! I'd expect the CL in
AVIC'LA to become /L/ however, something like _aulh_. It wouldn't
surprise me if that is close to the actual Provensal.

2008/3/29, Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...>:
> Here are some simple Pilovese (changed the name from Pilovian) sentences.
>
> 1. Birds sing.
>      Lis avelhis cantan.
>      [lis av.'Elj.is 'can.tan]
>
> 2. Children play.
>      Lis aouris joucen.
>      [lis 'aw.4is 'Zu.tsEn]
>           aour is the singular form of aouris. As every Romance language
> seems to have a different root for child, aour is derived from a Basque word
> for child: haur
>
> 3. Dogs bark.
>      Lis cinis glaten.
>      [lis 'tsi.nis 'gla.tEn]
>
> 4. Bees hum.
>      Las aveclas boumblan.
>      [las  a.'vEc.las 'bum.blan]
>           (I have just fallen in love with the verb boumblar!)
>
> 5. Baby laughed.
>       (Li) Bebe ria.
>       ['be.be 'ri.ja]
>            (verb is in imperfect tense)
>
> These sentences are from a list of 1 200 sentences that were published on
> the list quite some time ago.
>
> Scotto
> (etymology available upon request)
>

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