Re: Two questions about Esperanto

AJ> How does Esperanto pronounce 'eu'?

MJR> As /E.u/.

PN> However, the "Euro-" morpheme in Esperanto is "eŭro-", i.e. with "eŭ"
PN> rather than "eu".

PN> "Eŭ" is (regularly) pronounced /ew/, so I'd imagine "Euroclone" might
PN> be "eŭroklono" /ewro"klono/.

I don't know how to pronounce /ew/.  I'd say rather /eu_^/, with a
glide.

> (NB using /phonemic/ rather than [phonetic] transcriptions since I'm
> not entirely certain of the "default" or preferred realisations of /e/
> and /o/ in Esperanto, e.g. whether they are [e] or [E], or [o] or [O],
> respectively.)
The preferred realizations are [E] and [o], although [e] and [O] are
allowed allophonic variations.  IME, [e] tends to show up especially in
final position (where [E] feels too lax for many speakers) whereas [O]
tends to show up in atonic internal syllables.  Thus "eŭroklono" might
be realized as [,Eu_^.4O'klo.no].

-Marcos

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