From: Jan van Steenbergen (ijzeren_jan@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Sun Mar 23 2003 - 19:32:24 EST
--- Christian Thalmann skrzypszy:
> It involves a reduction of unstressed endings (/@/ ->
> nil except where required to break up ugly consonant
> collisions, and /@n/ -> /@/ except where required for
> liaison between vowels), as well as a simplification
> of noun declinations (nouns and adjectives are always
> in the nominative form, leaving the case inflections
> for articles and pronouns).
You don't mention the fact that Standard Jovian doesn't have the article at
all. Or have I been terribly misguided?
The change /@n/ > /@/ is very common in Dutch, even to such an extent that
pronouncing the /n/ would sound like either hypercorrection or a dialect. But
we don't pronounce it before a vowel. Instead, either we glide from the schwa
to the following vowel, or we insert a glottal stop. Could be an idea for you
too, perhaps?
> Old:
> Feima bella da doemo seini pixen friscun.
> ['fejm@ 'vell@ da 'dAjmA 'zejni 'piS@m 'priSk@n ]
>
> New:
> Ja feima bella da ei doemu seine un pix friscun.
> [j@ vejm vel da e zAjm sejn @m 'biS 'friSk@]
Is this a difference between Old and New or rather between "Standard Civilized
Jovian" and "Uncivilized Jovian Slang from the Streets and Gutters"? If the
latter is the case, don't forget to speak with creaky voice when you are going
to make sound samples ;)
Very cool. I especially like the article. Could you elaborate a bit on its
forms?
Jan
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