Re: the world needs another English like I need another...

Am 02.04.02, Danny Wier yscrifef:

> Has anybody purposely designed a conlang with the intention
> to be incongruent to its own orthography as possible?
You mean like where sounds and letters don't match? Or where
lots of letters can represent the same sound and verse visa?
Kerno is like that to an extent, though not by design. From
the webpage:

a     "a" as in father when stressed; "u" as in cut otherwise
e     "ay" as in pay, or "e" as in pen, usually silent at end of
      a word
i     "ee" as in sleep, or "i" as in kin
o     "o" as in bloke
u     "oo" as in food, or "ee"
y     "ee"
ay    "eye" as in eye, sometimes "a" followed by "ee"
aw    "aw": "a" followed by "oo"
ea    "ay" followed by "u"
ei    "ay"
ey    "ay" as in pay
eo    "ay" followed by "eu" as in French heure
eu    "ew": "e" followed by "oo"
ew    "ew": "e" followed by "oo"
ia    "ee" followed by "u"
io    "y" as in yes followed by "o"
iw    "yoo" as in you
oa    "wa" as in wash, the w is often quite muted to "u" + "a"
oe    "ow" followed by French "eu"
oi    "oy" as in boy
ou    "oo"
oy    "oy" as in boy
ui    "e"

Most consonants are pronounced similar to English.

b     "b" as in cab
c     "c" as in tack (before a, o, u)
      "k" as in tick (before e, i)
ch, x "ch" as in loch; "sh"
ci    "sh" as in shape
ck    "ck" as in tack
cou   "kw": "qu" as in quick
coeu  "kw": "qu"
cu    "kw" (before o)
d     "d" as in bad
f     "f" as in father
g     "g" as in rug (before a, o, u)
geo   "g" as in garage, the "zh" sound (before e, i)
gh    "gh", like "ch" only voiced
gou   "gw" as in Gwent
goeu  "gw"
h     "h" as in hat only when alone. When found in combination
      with other consonants, it's the sign of consonant mutation
      and
      simply affects the pronunciation of that other consonant.
j     "dj" as in John
jeo   "zh"
k     "ck" as in tack
l     "l" as in look
al    "eye", "aw": al = "eye"; alf = "alf"; alj = "awdj"; alm =
      "awm"; als = "eyes"; alz = "awdh" or "awz"
ail   "eye"
il    "ee"; sometimes "ul"
el    "ew"
eil   "eyes"
ol    "ow"
ul    "wee"
ll    "h" followed by "l"
m     "m" as in manor
n     "n" as in nice
p     "p" as in sip
ph    "f"
q     "ck" - sometimes found at the end of a word
qu    "ck"
r     trilled "r" (Spanish "rr" as in perro) when at the
        beginning of a word; "R": "r" as in round otherwise
rh    "h" followed by "r" or "R"
s     "s" as in sit
si    "sh" as in shape
t     "t" as in quit
th    "th" as in thorn; "t" as in top when at the end of a word
v     "v" as in victory
w     "w" as in work
x     "ch" as in loch; "sh" as in shape; "ks" as in rex;
y     "y" as in yet
z     "z" as in zero; "dh": "th" as in that


Padraic.
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