Re: IPA symbols for Latin

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From: Anders Blehr
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:00

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Joe Bernstein wrote:

> >What sort of "r" is used?
> >And is it true that the "gn" is pronounced like in French? Or is it
> >separate "g" and "n" sounds?
> >Is "y" pronounced like the French "u"?
> 
> My guesses would be 1) no guess (but probably not the English retroflex
> "r"!), 2) separate sounds, 3) yes.  I could *very* easily be wrong here
> though and would appreciate help.

Re 3: "y" is Greek for "i" and in Latin occurs only in Greek loan words,
so I would assume the pronunciation to be identical to that of "i".

- Anders.

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Anders Blehr (ablehr@online.no)

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