Lesson #1: Pronunciation and Orthography
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[comments] phkhylessonslesson 1 There's really no simple way to do this, so here's a bit table with info of every consonant Pakkia:
IPA Common name Latin abbreviation
m me m
mʰ mhe mh
p panh p
pʰ phanh ph
n neu n
nʰ nheu nh
ŋ ŋuz ng
ŋʰ ŋʰuz ngh/nhg
ɲ/nj njao nj/ñ
ɲʰ/nʰj njʰao njh/ñh
l leux l
h hixma h
χ xequ x
q qolo q
qʰ qholo qh
k kazot k
kʰ khazot kh
t tel t
tʰ thel th/tḧ
s seme s
z zax z
mj mjah mj
j ji j
And here are some vowels:
IPA Name Latin abbreviation
a ant a
e eng e
i ynte y
o odo o
u uk u
ɪ isu i
The writing system can only really be understand by going to the summary page or by browsing the dictionary, but I'll give a quick rundown here. The script, called Dekypta, is mostly cursive, written right-to-left with a symbol for every consonant except for the aspirants which are written as the base letter, plus a hixma. Vowels are all written with a hollow circle, with dots to indicate the type of vowel. As for pronunciation, spelling is mostly phonetic because Pakkia was historically unwritten and has only been transcribed and had an official script made for it about twenty years ago. What might make Pakkia difficult to pronounce (besides it's massive scale and dialectal differences) is some of the diphthongs, with 'eu' and 'ia', and differentiating 'au' and 'ao' and 'ae' being difficult for new speakers. With the 'eu' diphthong, a pronunciation something like /e͡w/ is used in fast speech and may be a bit easier; the diphthong that looks like 'au' is pronounced like /a͡w/ or /ɑ:/ (kind of like 'awww' in American English or the 'au' in 'laugh' in British English) , and /ao/ is pronounced phonetically like /a͡o/ (kind of like "ow" in most dialects of English). The diphthong 'ia' is pretty rare, and is pronounced like /ja/ when in an initial or final position, with word-final 'ia' being pronounced /iʔa/ or /i-a/. As for the aspirated consonants, there's nothing I can do to help you out here besides telling you to get pretty physical with it and physically aspirate the sounds. This will take some practice before it becomes consistent, with qholo, nghuz, and mhe being nearly unpronounceable for some people. Really just practice these and you'll be fine. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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