Remi Villatel skrev:
> During this offlist conversation, I also "built" the transcriptions of the
> names of all the capital cities of E.U. that I propose now as a test of
> phonotactics in your conlangs.
The only one of my conlangs that does indulge in this
kind(*) of thing is Sohlob, and even there transmogri-
fication will mostly be in order to satisfy vowel harmony,
since Sohlob is rather, but not entirely, permissive
WRT consonant clusters.
(* Of course Slvanjek and R3 will have their own
*forms* of some of these names, e.g. Slv. _Ruma_,
R3 _Roume_ but that's hardly a case of transcription into
a constrictive phonology. Likewise Mærik might end
up with some weird spellings, but there is also the
added difficulty of determining what these places were
called in the 14th century!)
So let's see what Sohlob makes of these. Pronunciation is
rather easily calculated from the romanization
See <http://wiki.frath.net/Sohlob_romanization>.
The Heleb dialect would be able to distinguish front
rounded vowels as as well as velar _ll_ from palatal
_l_. The given forms are Classical Sohlob unless
otherwise indicated.
> Amsterdam JatserhdaV [ja.tsEx.dav]
Amæstærdam
> Athinai JatiyaI [jatiHa"i]
Etiney/Esiney
> Baile Átha Cliath
> Baile jaaça klijaÇ [ba"i4e ja"aCa klij3C]
A check on the Net shows the native pronunciation to
be /,b&l;A: 'k;l;i@/ so:
Bælah Kliyeh, (Kidilib: _Belah Tliy_)
> Berlin BerhliJ [bEx.4ij]
_Berlin_ :-/ or possibly _Belin_ considering native [ba:\'li:n].
> Bratislava BratishlavA [bXatiz.lava]
Bradæhlavah
> Brussel BruseL [bXusE4]
> BritseL [bXi.tsE4] (in French)
_Brusel / Brisel_, Heleb: _Brüsil_
> Bucuresti BukureçtI [bukuXE.Cti]
Bukureçt
> Budapest BudapetsE [budapE.tsE]
Budupæçt (IIRC native ['budQpESt]
> Helsingfors JelhsijhforhsO [je5.sij.fOx.sO]
Hælsængfors < Finland Swedish [,hElsiN'fors]
Helsingiy < Finnish Helsinki
> Københaven KabajavaY [k3b3jav3H]
Kæbænhawun (native København [,k2bn='hAwn]
Heleb: Köbänhäwän
> La Valette La valeT [4a va4Et]
Lavalæt
(is this Valetta, Malta? If so: Valætah
> Luxemburg-Ville Lutselhburhvil [4u.tsE5.bux.vil]
Luxemburgish _Lëtzebuerg_ > _Leceburg/Leceburq_
> Lisboa LishboA [4iz.bo'a]
Lijbuweh < [liZ'bo6]
> Ljubljana LjublijayA [4ju.b4ijaHa]
Loblanah
> London LoyhdoY [4Ow.dOw]
London :-/
> Madrid VadriD [va.dXid]
Mezriz
> Lefkossia LevhkosjA {4ef.ko.sja]
Lefkusiyeh
> Paris ParI [paXi]
Perih
> Praha PraA [pXa"a]
Praqah
> Riga RigA [Xiga]
Rigeh
> Roma RovA [Xova]
Romah
> Skoplje SkoplijE [sko.p4ije]
Skoplæh
> Sofia SofjA {so.fja]
Sofiyæh
> Stockholm TsokolhvO [tsOkO5.vO]
Stoxolm
> Talinn TaliJ [ta4ij]
Talæn
> Warszawa VarhsavA [vax.sava]
Vaçrafah
> Wien ViiJ [vi"ij]
Vin
> Vilnius VilijuS [vilijus]
Vilenyus
> Zagreb TsagreP [tsa.gXEp]
Zagræb
>
> xa ko syēdir! [Za: ko sHediX] (= Have fun!)
>