tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 10 19:28:03 2015
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] [Phonetics] -ew', -Iw', -Iy'
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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br> <BR><div>> lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh jatlh,<br>> Effectively, {w} and {y} are {u} and {I} used as consonants, creating the only shift from one</div><div>> vowel sound to another in Klingon without a consonant between them. Since Klingon lacks</div><div>> the Japanese “long” vowel idea, you can’t have {uw} or {Iy}. I’m not sure why {ow} is not</div><div>> allowed, unless Okrand is making fun of the impure long “o” sound that English speakers</div><div>> tend to use.<br></div><div>Actually {y} used in diphthongs represents /i/ doesn't it? Thus {Iy} is allowed, as attested by the words, {lIy}, {mIy}, {wIy}, and {SonchIy}.</div><div> </div><div>janSIy</div> </div></body>
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