Hallo!
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:23:50 +0000, Peter Collier wrote:
> Appologies to those of you who will get two copies of
> this message.
>
> I have the following initial phoneme inventory for
> consonants:
>
> / p t k /
> / p\ B T D x G /
> / s z /
> / m n /
> / w l j /
> / r /
A nice inventory.
> I need to try and hammer a Gallo-Romance based
> language into that shape, and there are a few Romance
> phonemes I'm struggling to fit.
>
> If a speaker only has the above phonemes readily
> available, do you think the following approximate
> pronunciations are likely?
>
> /S/ > /T/
> /Z/ > /D/
I think that makes sense. /tS/ went to /T/ in Spanish, so I don't
see why /S/ and /Z/ could not become /T/ and /D/, respectively.
> /ts/ > /s/
> /dz/ > /z/
No problem.
> /tS/ > /x/
> /dZ/ > /G/
Why not? In Spanish, /dZ/ became /x/, so I see no problem with this.
> Or do you think any of the sounds might be distinctive
> enough to the speakers's ears, and easy enough to
> accurately 'mimic', that a couple of new phonemes
> might be added to the inventory (e.g. /S/, /Z/)?
>
> Any thoughts/alternative suggestions greatly received!
I think it makes sense the way it is. (I assume that /b d g f/
go to /B D G p\/ respectively, which is just fine.)
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