Latinization of Sohlob: Difference between revisions
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'''ng''' is {{IPA|[ŋ]}}, except in '''ngr''', which is actually {{IPA|[ŋɡr]}} and '''ngl''', which is actually {{IPA|[ŋɡl]}}. | '''ng''' is {{IPA|[ŋ]}}, except in '''ngr''', which is actually {{IPA|[ŋɡr]}} and '''ngl''', which is actually {{IPA|[ŋɡl]}}. | ||
In Kidilib '''t, d, s''' before '''i, e''' are pronounced as '''c, j, ç''', i.e. dentals and palatals merge before front vowels, and are pronounced as palatals but spelled as dentals in this position! | |||
== The letter ''ñ'' == | == The letter ''ñ'' == |
Revision as of 01:45, 23 March 2006
c is [tɕ]. Alternative transcriptions are tj and ch.
j is [dʑ] or [ʑ]. Alternative transcriptions are dj and zj. The [ʑ] zj variant occurs mainly before d. A j not preceded by any of the letters d, s, t, or z can only be /dʑ/, since in the ASCII transcription j is not used outside these digraphs.
ç is [ɕ]. Alternative transcriptions are sj and sh.
y is [j], except in Linjeb where it is actually the vowel [y]!
æ is (surprise :) [æ]. It may be written ae without confusion, since the rules of Sohlob vowel harmony don't allow a and e together in the same word.
e is [ɨ] in Classical Sohlob and Heleb. In Kidilib and Linjeb it is [ɛ].
ny is [ɲ], except in Linjeb.
ng is [ŋ], except in ngr, which is actually [ŋɡr] and ngl, which is actually [ŋɡl].
In Kidilib t, d, s before i, e are pronounced as c, j, ç, i.e. dentals and palatals merge before front vowels, and are pronounced as palatals but spelled as dentals in this position!
The letter ñ
Some may wonder that I don't use the letter ñ for ny [ɲ]. Alternately some people familiar with Tolkien's use of ñ for [ŋ] may wonder why I don't adopt that usage. The answer is, as you may already have guessed, exactly the fact that I've encountered conflicting usages of ñ, and so they make me confused, and I decided to use neither. In fact I do use ñ for Kijeb [ŋ] in my private vocabulary database, since it doesn't accomodate Unicode!