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Hi Silver,

interesting project!

You wrote: "R - the r in french that is made by vibrating the uvula at the back of the throat in a guttural nasal sound"

-- This kind of R is used in German, Danish and in the southern dialects of Sweden and Norway as well.

You wrote: "R - the rolled r sound made in spanish, and in german (not as rolled as harshly), made by vibrating the tip of the tongue against the roof of your mouth"

-- It's just in dialectal German where this kind of rolling R-sound is used. In standard German the R sounds like the French R.

You wrote: "Ch - the ch sound found in gaelic, such as the word 'loch', made similary as the french 'r', it is rather nasal and made at the back of the throat, sometimes written as kh to keep out the confusion of beind related to the english ch sound, like in church"

-- This Ch-sound is used in German and Russian as well.

You wrote: "A few questions, in German I know they have a character that looks something like a B, more like a beta symbol. This makes a double s sound. Is this sound accomplished by putting to s' together, or is it unique. If it is the later, can you try to explain how to make the sound."

-- The German ß is just the way how to write ss after a long vowel. When you have this word "Maße" (= measures) you know that the a is a long vowel. On the other hand in the word "Masse" (= mass, substance) the a is short vowel. The sound of ss and ß is exactly the same.


In every language you'll find a lot of sounds which are unnown in English. E.g. all the Swedish vowels sound very much different to the English ones. It's really hard to explain these sounds to someone who doesn't know the language. If you go to google and search for pronunciations there are some pages with sound examples you can listen to.

Regards, Satu

• Phonetics and Linguistics - Silver  Nov 9 2002, 12:36:17 AM
  • To Y. - Silver  Nov 15 2002, 10:22:09 PM
    • Re: To Y. - Yahalome  Nov 17 2002, 12:08:10 AM
      • Um... im not older... im only 16 n/t - Silver  Nov 17 2002, 6:37:27 PM
        • lol, ill be 17 in one week from today!! n/t - Silver  Nov 18 2002, 6:58:01 PM
          • Happy B-day! Y :D n/t - Yahalome  Nov 19 2002, 11:01:46 PM
        • Yes, you are too! I have been sixteen for one week today! n/t - Yahalome  Nov 17 2002, 7:38:57 PM
          • Re: Yes, you are too! I have been sixteen for one week today! n/t - Pavlos  Nov 26 2002, 6:18:18 AM
            • Re: Yes, you are too! I have been sixteen for one week today! n/t - Yahalome  Nov 26 2002, 10:51:49 AM
  • On constructed languages - Pavlos  Nov 11 2002, 8:39:16 AM
    • Re: On constructed languages - Phyllis  Nov 19 2002, 9:26:41 PM
      • Re: On constructed languages - Pavlos  Nov 22 2002, 2:20:48 AM
        • Pavlos: - Yahalome  Nov 22 2002, 4:02:21 PM
          • Aha :) n/t - Pavlos  Nov 22 2002, 11:51:01 PM
      • Re: On constructed languages - Yahalome  Nov 19 2002, 11:11:10 PM
    • Re: On constructed languages - Nana  Nov 12 2002, 4:57:18 AM
      • PS - Pavlos  Nov 12 2002, 6:26:40 AM
      • More on "Macedonian" as a constructed language - Pavlos  Nov 12 2002, 6:17:40 AM
        • Re: More on "Macedonian" as a constructed language - Nana  Nov 12 2002, 2:20:39 PM
          • Re: More on "Macedonian" as a constructed language - Pavlos  Nov 13 2002, 1:56:55 AM
  • You somehow... - Pavlos  Nov 11 2002, 7:32:22 AM
    • Pavlos (aka CheBanana)... - Phyllis  Nov 20 2002, 2:03:33 PM
    • Re: You somehow... - Holly  Nov 12 2002, 4:12:39 PM
    • lol, i thoroughly enjoyed that, thanks for the laugh ;-) n/t - Silver  Nov 11 2002, 7:20:42 PM
  • A note to Yahalome - Silver  Nov 10 2002, 4:05:39 PM
    • Re: A note to Yahalome - Yahalome  Nov 11 2002, 4:40:53 PM
    • i think i get sumthin... - Silver  Nov 10 2002, 4:22:20 PM
      • Re: i think i get sumthin... - Yahalome  Nov 11 2002, 4:14:00 PM
        • Basically then... - Silver  Nov 12 2002, 7:39:16 PM
          • Re: Basically then... - Yahalome  Nov 12 2002, 11:18:50 PM
            • my dad has one - Silver  Nov 12 2002, 11:25:51 PM
              • Re: my dad has one - Yahalome  Nov 14 2002, 4:34:19 PM
          • one more thing on the loopy n - Silver  Nov 12 2002, 7:44:10 PM
            • Re: one more thing on the loopy n - Yahalome  Nov 12 2002, 11:25:05 PM
              • lol! questions on q, x, wh, and w - Silver  Nov 13 2002, 8:37:57 PM
                • Re: lol! questions on q, x, wh, and w - Lilith  Nov 15 2002, 7:26:53 PM
                  • Re: lol! questions on q, x, wh, and w - Yahalome  Nov 16 2002, 5:29:27 PM
                  • Re: lol! questions on q, x, wh, and w - Yahalome  Nov 16 2002, 5:28:58 PM
                    • Re: lol! questions on q, x, wh, and w - Lilith  Nov 17 2002, 9:41:25 PM
                • Re: lol! questions on q, x, wh, and w - Yahalome  Nov 14 2002, 4:23:54 PM
                • opps! please ignore the 'neh' part in my attempt to pronounce, i was thinking of bonne journee... n/t - Silver  Nov 13 2002, 11:11:56 PM
  • A note ot Mike C - Silver  Nov 9 2002, 11:43:03 PM
  • Re: Phonetics and Linguistics - Lilith  Nov 9 2002, 12:28:26 PM
  • Re: Phonetics and Linguistics - Satu  Nov 9 2002, 6:12:05 AM
    • Re: Phonetics and Linguistics - jdptsax  Feb 10 2003, 7:42:20 AM
    • wow that really helps thanks! ill do ur suggestions n/t - Silver  Nov 9 2002, 11:46:14 PM
  • Re: Phonetics and Linguistics - Yahalome  Nov 9 2002, 12:54:19 AM
    • email - Silver  Nov 9 2002, 11:47:59 PM
  • wow im tired, i think i meant logographic or lithographic... -loser- to much math make silvy loopy... n/t - Silver  Nov 9 2002, 12:38:31 AM
    • Re: wow im tired, i think i meant logographic or lithographic... -loser- to much math make silvy loopy... n/t - Barb  Nov 9 2002, 5:24:34 PM
    • Too much math make Yahalome cry. (I did when I was littler!) >P n/t - Yahalome  Nov 9 2002, 12:56:45 AM