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Re: tlhIngan Hol qun vIwam - an article



Erich Schneider says:
: 
: 
: >From charghwI's article:
: 
: >Note the beginning glottal stop in {'eH}. There are no directions in
: >TKD for pronouncing a glottal stop at the beginning of a syllable.
: 
: It's really easy, and is done in many human languages. Note the
: "constriction" of your throat when you pronounce a word like "joHwI'".
: This is your glottis closing.  To pronounce a glottal stop at the
: beginning of the syllable, close your glottis, then force air up into
: your throat, building up pressure. Then release the glottal closure and
: pronounce the vowel; there will be a sudden onset and the vowel will
: be pronounced "explosively".
maQochHa'bej 'avrin vuDvam jiH je...tambe'bejqu' >'<! chaq tera'nganpu' >'<
jatlhbe', 'ach reH tlhinganpu' teH lujatlhchu'! charghwi', verengan ghaH'a'
SoSli'? ;>

: 
: >I've noticed that the seemingly random capitalization follows the
: >pattern that the least English sounding phonemes are capitalized, except for
: >"i", which for all I can tell is capitalized solely in order to be confused
: >with the lower case "L".
: 
: Well, Hol "I" is lax, and the IPA symbol for that sound (high front
: lax vowel) is an uppercase "I" that is the size of a lowercase letter.
: However, Hol "e" is also lax, and the IPA symbol for that is something
: like an epsilon.
: 
: I find that the writing of "I" does indicate that it's pronounced
: differently that one expects - most of the other vowels are pronounced
: as if this were a Romance language, but "I" is not.
naDev je bilughlaw'.

: 
: Fascinating stuff. Can't wait to see the ST3 article. Do you hvae
: transcriptions of the Vulcan from ST1 and ST2? (And where is that
: Vulcan info that QichQemwI' promised us?)
Satlhij...tlho'nobghach yupma'vo' jichegh'eghDi', poH yap vighajbe'...vulqangan
hol pab mu'tay' je De'vam Sanob poH yap vighajDi'!

: 
: -QumpIn 'avrIn
: 
: 

Qapla' Qichqemwi'vo'.
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