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Below is a list of techniques one can use to transcribe foreign words into Toaq's phonology. | Below is a list of techniques one can use to transcribe foreign words into Toaq's phonology. It is rarely important to transcribe a word in any particular way, so the techniques can be regarded as suggestions to be used or ignored depending on context and taste. | ||
* Render approximate onsets /w/ as {{T|ba}}. | * Render approximate onsets /w/ as {{T|ba}}. | ||
* Render approximate onsets /j/ as {{T|j}}. | * Render approximate onsets /j/ as {{T|j}}. | ||
* Render "n + consonant" pairings as a syllable-final {{T|q}} on the previous word: "pans" -> {{T|paqsy}}. | * Render unacceptable consonant clusters as {{T|Cy}} syllables: "past" -> {{T|pasyty}}. | ||
* Render "t + s" pairings as {{T|c}} and "d + z" pairings as {{T|z}}: "rights" -> {{T|raıcy}} and "rides" -> {{T||raızy}}. (This may seem like an obvious rule, but it can be easy to forget that these particular "consonant clusters" are allowed in Toaq's morphology.) | ** Render "n + consonant" pairings as a syllable-final {{T|q}} on the previous word: "pans" -> {{T|paqsy}}. | ||
** Render "t + s" pairings as {{T|c}} and "d + z" pairings as {{T|z}}: "rights" -> {{T|raıcy}} and "rides" -> {{T||raızy}}. (This may seem like an obvious rule, but it can be easy to forget that these particular "consonant clusters" are allowed in Toaq's morphology.) |
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Below is a list of techniques one can use to transcribe foreign words into Toaq's phonology. It is rarely important to transcribe a word in any particular way, so the techniques can be regarded as suggestions to be used or ignored depending on context and taste.
- Render approximate onsets /w/ as ba.
- Render approximate onsets /j/ as j.
- Render unacceptable consonant clusters as Cy syllables: "past" -> pasyty.
- Render "n + consonant" pairings as a syllable-final q on the previous word: "pans" -> paqsy.
- Render "t + s" pairings as c and "d + z" pairings as z: "rights" -> raıcy and "rides" -> . (This may seem like an obvious rule, but it can be easy to forget that these particular "consonant clusters" are allowed in Toaq's morphology.)