Re: Chevraqis: what they call other languages

* dirk elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...> [001014 16:28]:
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > > Tepa = Teba
> >
> > Gá T'íppa
> > [`gA 'teppa]
> > [ts] for [t] in common pronunciation
>
> Just to be sure that you all are getting it right, Tepa is pronounced
> [ti-Ba] ([i-] is barred-i, right?). <e> is just the orthographic
> convention I adopt for this sound. Also, Tepa has a well-developed
> system of lenition, so phonemic voiceless stops are pronounced as
> voiced fricatives intervocalically (and as voiced stops following
> nasals, and voiceless fricatives before another voiceless stop.
> Details are available at www.langmaker.com (Thanks, Jeffrey!)).
Cool, that makes it "tuva" in târuven. Sounds a lot nicer too.


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