Re: migjan laggvage (my language)

On 11/22/05, Reilly Schlaier <schlaier@...> wrote:

> pronunciation:
> a=a e=e i=i o=o u=u y=y
> aa=a: ee=E ii=I oo=Q uu=u:
> au=&U ai=ay
Are you sure you don't mean /aj/?  I can't
quite figure out how /ay/ would be pronounced.

>ss=s s=s/z
What conditions whether |s| is pronounced /s/ or /z/?
> z=s h=h
> halo, migjan neemje iss Reilly. halo, neemje migjen iss Reilly.
> hello, 1stposs. name be reilly. hello, name  1stgen. be reilly.
> my name is reilly.
This is tolerably clear, but for longer sentences
putting hyphens between the morphemes and
using standard abbreviations for grammatical
categories helps a lot.  We usually use the
Leipzig Glossing Rules or some variation on them:

http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/files/morpheme.html

For instance, you might write (if I've guessed
right about the morpheme boundary, if any)

halo,  neemje mig-jen iss Reilly.
hello  name   1-GEN   be  Reilly

If "migjen" has no clear morpheme boundary you would
gloss it as

halo,  neemje migjen  iss Reilly.
hello  name   1.GEN   be  Reilly

> asky gobjar dhiir migjan geeje sja.
> 3rdmix. gave 2nddat. 1stposs. key plur.
> he/she gave you my keys.
What does "mix." stand for here?

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