Re: migjan laggvage (my language)

> 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?

--
Jim Henry


ai=/ay/ in the northern dialect which is the one represented here (and
is very hard to pronounce)
's' can be either it isnt distinguised in the language, it is entirely up to
you to say /s/ or /z/

i never really learned how to gloss very well seeing as the leipzig rules
always seemed a bit confusing to me but i will go give it another read.

oops sorry 'mix.' stands for 'mixed gender'