Re: Degrees of comparation

My "tay-oh-noth" was a joke, Andreas.
That's how they spelled it in the NPR
interview transcript for curious Americans.
:-)

"Teonaht" actually has no glide in it, otherwise
it would be spelled "Teuonaht":

/'teonaT/

I don't know the X-SAMPA codes.  Teonaht
long 'a' is that sound represented by a backwards
"c" in the IPA.  It's more like "ough" in "wrought."

Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net


----- Original Message -----
From: Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: Degrees of comparation


> Sally Caves wrote:
> > > BTW, what does {ht} in "Teonaht" signify? [xt]?
> >
> >Quick Nik Taylor got it right!  "ht" is "th" backwards!
> >[T]  so... Tay-oh-noth    :-)  Likewise, hs, hz, etc.
>
> So {e} is [ei]? That's really counterintitive in my book - is it just for
> aesthetic effect? Or is it /teo-/ with an extra [j] glide to break up the
> hiatus? Also, does {a} here mean [o]? I guess I'd like to see an X-SAMPA
> rendering of the word _Teonaht_ ...
>
>                                              Andreas
>
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