tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 26 23:48:52 1995
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Re: Reopening CVC
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Reopening CVC
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 02:48:21 -0400
In a message dated 95-10-19 14:21:00 EDT, you write:
>Well, the point is that Okrand lists all the vowels and {y} and
>{w} are not on the list. When they are at the BEGINNING of a
>syllable, I have not heard anyone claim that either is a vowel.
>On 16-17, Okrand is speaking to the layperson, warning them
>that when [the consonants] {w} and {y} follow these vowels,
>the resulting sound is not necessarily the same as they would
>be in English. If he didn't give this warning, people would
>read {law'} like the English "law", which is not even CLOSE.
>The reason is that in ENGLISH, the "w" creates a dipthong with
>the "a" and the pronunciation of the "a" changes. In Klingon,
>the {a} in {law'} is pronounced exactly like any OTHER {a}
>because it does NOT form a dipthong with the {w}.
>
>
jIQochbej
TKD p17 "Klingon {ew} resembles nothing in English, but can be approximated
by
running Klingon {e} and {u} together. Likewise, Klingon {Iw} is {I} and {u}
run togther.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
By definition, (S.I.Hayakawa "Language and Language Learning") dipthongs are
vowels run together.
Webster's 1989 Edition states: diphthong.... "a speech sound consisting of
two vowels pronounced glidingly in one syllable"
I contrasted Klingon "glides" or "diphthongs" to Hawaiian deliberately
because, in Hawaiian, every vowel is distinct. No such gliding exists.
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