tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 03 12:01:55 2003
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Re: {oy}, diphthong or V+C
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- Subject: Re: {oy}, diphthong or V+C
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 19:10:30 +0100 (CET)
> ghItlh qeyS:
>
> >I don't want to go too much into the phonetics here but I
> >assumed that {oy} was considered a diphthong since it was
> >described as a separate 'sound' in the TKD (like {aw}, {ew},
> >{Iy}, etc.), <snip>
>
ja' Sanqar:
> Does anyone actually pronounce this combination as a consonant? That is, as
>
> /oj/ instead of as /oI/ (to use an approximation of IPA). It's certainly
> possible to spronounce it as a consonant, but MO seems to think it should be
>
I don't think it is actually a matter of pronunciation.
to me there is not much difference in (syllable-final)
[Oj] or [OI], and a Klingon probably just won't care :)
IMO, it is much more a matter of perception, and judging
from the absence of syllables ending in -oyb, -oych, -oyD
etc. the Klingon ear more probably experiences -oy as VC
(and -oy' as VCC).
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
[email protected]