Re: Kyrgyz was Re: Zetowvu / Ezotwuv (new conlang)
| From: | Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 25, 2003, 6:39 |
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Peter Clark scripsit:
> I don't think that's quite correct. Mind you, my Kyrgyz dictionary isn't very
> helpful on the point, but I'm pretty sure that Kyrgyz transliterated |y| is
> the same as Russian |y|, that is, /1/ (barred-i). It might possibly be /I/,
> although looking at the sound chart, this doesn't seem too likely; i.e., I
> don't see any other lax vowels listed.
AFAIK, Kyrgyz |y| is /M/. At least that's what I heard from native speakers.
Yitzik