Re: [lojban] Re: how to pronounce ai

[xah lee <xah@xahlee.org>]

... i don't think i got it...

in e'osai, is it supposed to be

o SA i, or
os AI ?

the first is with the “ahh” sound, while the latter is with the “eye” 
sound.

> Go find a DDR machine.
> Play the song "Butterfly".

DDR huh?

 Xah
 xah@xahlee.org
∑ http://xahlee.org/


On May 6, 2005, at 3:55 PM, John E Clifford wrote:


--- xah lee <xah@xahlee.org> wrote:
> how to pronounce ai?
>
> example:
>
> e'osai ko sarji la lojban.
> Please support Lojban!
>
> is it simply combining the standard lojban
> pronunciation for a,
> followed by i, or is “ai” taken as special
> combination vow and
> pronounced as the i in like?
Yes.  That is, it is the combination of /a/ and
/i/ and that is pronounced like the /i/ in
/like/. What is special here is that the /i/ is
reduced to a glide in this context (also in /oi/
and /ei/), the tongue and lips moving toward but
not necessarily reaching the /i/ position.  In
practice, the first vowel is also raised a bit in
each of these cases, but not enough to justify
calling it a real modification. The same happens
with /au/ and -- with the glide going the
opposite directions -- with /iV/ and /uV/ (V for
any vowel).







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