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Re: Kyrgyz was Re: Zetowvu / Ezotwuv (new conlang)

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 25, 2003, 21:25
On Tuesday 25 February 2003 9:14 pm, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> En réponse à Joe <joe@...>: > > > Which nasals are being merged? /E~/ and /9~/? > > > > I'd expect it to be /a~/ and /O~/ they sound much the same to me. > > But not to any French-speaking person in the world! They sound awfully > different to me!! >
Really? I struggle telling the difference. /9~/ is as in <un>, right? And /E~/ as in <matin>? They don't sound anything alike to me. Stupid phonemic differences between languages.

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Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>