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Re: Transcription exercise (was: Re: Vertical script)

From:Remi Villatel <maxilys@...>
Date:Friday, September 15, 2006, 20:56
On Friday 15 September 2006 21:47, Philip Newton wrote:

> > Athinai JatiyaI [jatiHa"i]
> Pronounced roughly /a"TinE/ in modern Greek, though the more commonly > spoken form is Athina /a"Tina/ (fem.sg. rather than fem.pl.). (Not
[---CUT---] Well, I also first found Athina on a map but my dictionay said "Athinai" and I read it like a Shaquean, i.e. "ai" is always [a"i]. ;-) More seriously, I had no idea that "ai" could be [E] in Greek like in French. So... Athina JasiyA [jasiHa]
> > Lefkossia LevhkosjA {4ef.ko.sja]
> Natively something along the lines of [lEf.ko."si.a] IIRC. Though the
[---CUT---] In that case, and with the missing macron: Lefkossia LēvhkosijA [4Ef.kosija] -- ================== Remi Villatel maxilys_@_tele2.fr ==================