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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
>
> > SHORT VOWELS
> > a - as in "cup"
> > e - as in "fell"
> > i - as in "pit"
> > o - as in "rot:
> > u - as in "foot"
> > LONG VOWELS
> > a: - as in "father"
> > e: - as in "made"
> > i: - as in "feel"
> > o: - as in "road"
> > u: - as in "rude"
>
> I think he simply means as in Latin - I don't think he's implying
> any diphthongal develoments.
Hi Richard,
I wasn't sure if he was using American English or British English in
his pronunciation descriptions. (Why he didn't use SAMPA, I have no
idea.) For instance: "a - as in "cup"" and "a: - as in "father""
would seem to indicate Gaulish had [@] for the "short a" and [a:] for
the "long a", where I would have expected it to be [a] and [a:],
respectively. I would have the same question for his description of
the other short vowels:
([@] and [a:], or [a] and [a:]?)
[E] and [e:], or [e] and [e:]?
[I] and [i:], or [i] and [i:]?
[O] and [o:], or [o] and [o:]?
[U] and [u:], or [u] and [u:]?
Is he accurate?
Thank you,
Lisa