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"daniel andreasson" <daniel.andreasson@...> wrote:
> > I guess I can give you a very rough idea of how to say
> > Vya:a:h properly.  (1) say English "view" but with the
> > initial "i" sound, (2) say "rat" in a very New Yorkish
> > "a" & draw it out, (3) expell a puff of air for the
> > playful "h".  Voila!  Vya:a:h!
> >
> > Any better, Christophe??
>
> Actually, there are more of us on this list. ;)
>
> As you probably will find out looking at the links to
> the IPA that Yoon Ha gave you, you will probably find
> out that Vya:a:h (or Vyääh which I suppose is the
> correct spelling) is written in IPA as ['vy&:h].
>
> I take the liberty of assuming that the stress falls
> on the first syllable, that the double vowels symbolize
> a long vowel and that the {h} actually is a [h] and
> just not aspiration. [&] as in Eng. "cat" might also
> be written [{] depending which system for ASCII-fication
> of IPA you use.
Hmm.  I was thinking of it as one syllable /vH{:h/ (where /H/ is to /y/ what /w/
and /j/ are to /u/ and /i/).  Is 'Vyääh' one syllable or two?

(Actually I would be pronouncing it as [vH~{:h] because I seem to have trouble
making a non-nasalized [H].)

     *Muke!

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