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Re: MeloChalaka

From:Heather Rice <florarroz@...>
Date:Thursday, September 27, 2001, 2:17
--- Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
> Heather Rice wrote: > > > So, what are â ª î ´ and ó¿ ¦gt; > > > > Sorry, those are what I meant by circumflex. > > Right, so what's their pronunciation, that's what I > meant. â ©s a > diphthong, but WHAT diphthong? /aj/? /aw/? > Something else? I'd guess > /ej/ /ij/ /ow/ and /uw/ for ê ® í±‚í±®d ó¬ ¢ut is
that
> correct?
a = a in cake e = e in beet i = i in bite o = o in boat u = eu in eucalyptis (I didn't right any special marks or accents because I didn't know if they would be readable when after I sent the email) When I was inventing this language, I kept getting confused with my diphthongs, because my Spanish studies suggested these combinations - ai, ei, oi, ui, but my English backround gave other suggestions ay, aw, ou, etc. To remember, I just decided that whatever the name of the vowels is, that is its diphthong. So, whenever I forgot whether "a" is ai (like in kite) or ay, I just had to say my ABCs. Heather Rice __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com