Spelling and Romantization of Wistanian
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How to read the Latin transliterations of Wistanian
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[comments] wis /m/ and /n/ sound identical to their English counterparts, (as in "man") expect that they are sometimes silent at the end of words (such as in "iriyon")
/b/, /d/, and /g/ are identical to their English counterparts.
/bb/, /dd/, and /gg/ are pronounced as /p/, /t/, and /k/, respectively.
/v/ and /z/ are also identical to the English counterpart, and never represent /f/ or /s/.
/j/ is pronounced /ʒ/ (as in "vision" and "Asia"), but never /ʃ/ (as in show or ash).
/y/, /w/, and /l/ are pronounced like their English counterparts (as in "yes", "west", and "less".) IPA: /j/, /w/, /l/.
/h/ is pronounced similarly to the /h/ in "behind," and not like "help." IPA: /ɦ/. Additionally, any vowel that follows /h/ becomes breathy. (eg, "havij" is /ɦe̤'viʒ/.)
/r/ is typically pronounced as the alveolor tap, such as in Spanish "caro" or English "ladder." IPA: /ɾ/. Occasionally in conversation, it will be rolled.
/i/
1. Whenever it is at the end of the word, in a one syllable word, or followed by a y, it represents the /i/. (as in "police")
2. If it is bookended by consonants in a multisyllabic word or at the beginning of a word, it represents the /ɪ/ (as in "big") There are only two exceptions to to this rule: “havij” (please) and “jina” (excuse me), in those cases, it is pronounced as /i/.
3. In some proper names and some other words, /i/ represents /aɪ/ (as in "liar"), but there is no phonological way to tell beside memory.
/a/
1. Whenever it is at the beginning or end of a word, it represents /ə/.
2. Whenever it is not at the beginning or end of a word, it represents /e/.
/aa/ represents the diphthong /eɪ/ (as in "play")
/u/ is pronounced similarly to English "clue", however the lips are not rounded. IPA: /ɯ/.
/o/ is pronounced as the English "knot". IPA: /ɑ/
STRESS:
Stress always going first to the diphthongs /aɪ/ or /eɪ/.
If there are no diphongs, stress goes to the first syllable with /i/, /ɯ/ or /ɑ/.
If no syllables with those vowel sounds are present, stress goes to the second to last syllable.
EXAMPLES:
Wizddaaniya (Wistania):
/wɪz'teɪnijə/
oluma (making):
/'ɑlɯmə/
ijaggya (stabbing):
/ɪ'ʒekjə/
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