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Prefix Reform: Difference between revisions
update and correct phonetic analyses
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##It is unclear how exactly they affect vocalic length. Plus, those interactions are often quite subtle and easily missed – consider {{t|bộtao}} vs. {{t|bô'otao}}. This makes prefixes hard to teach and possibly discouraging to a new learner trying to produce them in speech. | ##It is unclear how exactly they affect vocalic length. Plus, those interactions are often quite subtle and easily missed – consider {{t|bộtao}} vs. {{t|bô'otao}}. This makes prefixes hard to teach and possibly discouraging to a new learner trying to produce them in speech. | ||
#The current spelling of prefixes is not computer-friendly. They are difficult (if not impossible) to type for many and some characters, like {{T|ı̣}} often do not display correctly in many fonts. This proposal would allow for easier input and guarantee compatibility with most good fonts. | #The current spelling of prefixes is not computer-friendly. They are difficult (if not impossible) to type for many and some characters, like {{T|ı̣}} often do not display correctly in many fonts. This proposal would allow for easier input and guarantee compatibility with most good fonts. | ||
#*There's a gotcha where {{t|e-}} (any prefix) + {{t|ano}} (any vowel-initial stem) is not {{t|ẹano}} | #*There's a gotcha where {{t|e-}} (any prefix) + {{t|ano}} (any vowel-initial stem) is not {{t|ẹano}} [ˈʔĕʔĕano] but {{t|ẹ'ano}} [ˈʔɛ̆ʔɛ̆ʔaːno]. This subtlety is not explained or taught to people, and it's likewise unintuitive. Worse yet, the glottal interposition (which turns /ɛ/ and /ɛː/ into [ɛ̆ʔɛ̆]) effectively splinters vowel length into three instead of two! | ||
==Spelling changes== | ==Spelling changes== | ||
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!Proposal | !Proposal | ||
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|{{t|puchụmtao}} | |{{t|puchụmtao}} [ˈpuː˥˨t͡ɕŭʔŭm˨˩tʰaw˩] | ||
|{{t|puchumtào}} | |{{t|puchumtào}} [pu˥t͡ɕum˥˦ˈtaːw˦˩] | ||
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|{{t|jı̣achia}} | |{{t|jı̣achia}} [ˈd͡ʑĭʔĭa˥˨t͡ɕia˨˩] | ||
|{{t|jıachìa}} | |{{t|jıachìa}} [d͡ʑia˥˦ˈt͡ɕiːa˦˩] | ||
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|{{t|lạ́maı bẹ́ıroı}} | |{{t|lạ́maı bẹ́ıroı}} [ˈlăʔă˨˦maj˦˥ ˈbɛ̆ʔɛ̆j˨˩rɔj˩] | ||
|{{t|lamáı beıróı}} | |{{t|lamáı beıróı}} [la˧ˈmaj˧˥ bei˧˨ˈrɔj˨˩] | ||
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| style="background:#ccc" |N/A | | style="background:#ccc" |N/A | ||
|{{t|bonä}} | |{{t|bonä}} [bo˧˨ˈnaʔa˨˩] | ||
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|{{t|jụ̂aqjuaı}} | |{{t|jụ̂aqjuaı}} [ˈd͡ʑŭʔŭaŋ˧˥˨d͡ʑu˨˩aj˩] | ||
|{{t|juaqjûaı}} | |{{t|juaqjûaı}} [d͡ʑuaŋ˧˦ˈd͡ʑuː˦˥˨aj˨˩] | ||
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