Re: Chevraqis: what they call other languages
| From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 14, 2000, 2:02 |
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Ooh, fun, fun, fun! :-)
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> ' = high-pitched
> ` = falling
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> Note: The Gá in these names is the name-particle for languages.
I envy you the classifications in Watakassí. :-)
> Chevraqis
> Gá Tivlák'is
> ['gA tSi'vla'keS]
> [ts] for [k] in common pronunciation
I have the feeling Chevraqis and Watakassí speakers would have a hard
time understanding each other in first contact! =^)
A phonological language-name relay would, I think, be amusing.
YHL