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

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 26, 2003, 14:09
Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> > In my French speech (which admittedly isn't very good > > grammatically/vocabularywise, but pretty okay pronunciationwise) I have > > 'matin' /mat&~/, 'un' /&~/, > > How awful! It sounds like "matant" and "an" to me!
I use the same (per)version that Daniel does.
> I wouldn't know. But "in" is *definitely* [E~] and doesn't go any lower t= > han > that (anything lower sounds like /a~/ to me).
Well, remember that [&] is not really lower than [E]; indeed [E] is maximally low and front. To reach [&], one must advance the tongue root; one way to say [&] is to open the mouth wide and attempt to lick one's chin while voicing. Of course, I'm an American of a certain age, so I have to make an effort to pronounce oral vowels at all. "It ain't so much their @#$* language, it's their )@#$ nasal twang!" -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com http://www.reutershealth.com "Mr. Lane, if you ever wish anything that I can do, all you will have to do will be to send me a telegram asking and it will be done." "Mr. Hearst, if you ever get a telegram from me asking you to do anything, you can put the telegram down as a forgery."