Re: French

No such thing as a "late" reply on CONLANG, where threads are
immortal.  Especially YA?PT's.  :)

I've learned a lot about português pronunciation.  I'm still confused
about the <ang> though.  Is there a [N] anywhere, or is it pronounced
the same as if it were spelled <ãg>?



On 2/3/09, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Falcata Lusa writes:
>>...
>> In European Portuguese, my mother tongue, I'd say:
>>
>> [toduz uz aNglOfunuS s@~u~ buRuS] and probably change [t] for [t_d],
>> [d] for [d_d], and all [u] for [U] but I'm not sure about the xsampa
>> values.
>>
>> Regarding "word final s" we have the values [S], [z], [Z], before word
>> initial voiceless consonant or pause, before vowels, and before voiced
>> consonants, respectively. Final /s/ is never [s] in European
>> Portuguese.
>>...
>
> I see, thank you!  So -s+s- does not fuse in Europe.
>
>>...
>> Sorry for this late response, but I've been quite busy lately.
>
> No problem, it was very helpful for me!
>
> **Henrik
>
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