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[lojban-beginners] Re: lojban-beginners Digest V6 #97



On 6/9/07, m.kornig@sondal.net <m.kornig@sondal.net> wrote:

I would very much appreciate the view of an experienced
speaker about the sound of the vowel "e".

Listen to the sound samples at:

[e]: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel>
[ɛ]: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel>

The Book says that the second one is the preferred one and the first
one is an allowed variant. For me, it's the other way around, but either
will do. Or you can use a true mid_front_unrounded, between
close-mid and open-mid, not shown on the chart.

Similarly for /o/:

[o]: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowel>
[ɔ]: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_back_rounded_vowel>

Either of them will do, or a mid_back_rounded in between, not shown.

The other vowels are:

/a/
[a]:  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowel>

/i/
[i]: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel>

/u/
[u]: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_rounded_vowel>

/y/
[ə]: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel>

mu'o mi'e xorxes