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Re: BAL (was: Re: TUNU)

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Thursday, November 19, 1998, 22:21
On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Frank George Valoczy wrote: > > ;m - close back unrounded > > u - close back rounded > > Cool, I'd been wondering if there were languages with a phonemic > distinction between those two, I figured there must've been. > > > Lithuanian vowels > > > > a - open front unrounded > > a: - long a > > E - open mid front unrounded > > e - close-mid front unrounded > > i - close front unrounded > > i: - long close mid front unrounded > > o - close mid back unrounded > > O: - long open mid back unrounded > > u - close back rounded > > u: - long close back rounded > > Interesting, should /E/ have been /E:/ (I'm just thinking that from the > pattern of /o/ vs. /O:/, and the other length contrasts, I know nothing > of Lithuanian itself).
actually, /e/ can be long or short, /E/ is only short. -------ferke Ferenc Gy. Valoczy Es to pilni'gi noliedzu! Personal page: http://www.extra.hu/svejk/index.html Tu-134 page: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/7482/ railways page: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3976/ conlang page: http://members.tripod.com/~tuonela/ Uralica: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3259/ Zaradi politicnega delovanja je oblast v letu 1982 razpustila: Svobodo (Laibach)