[Tlhingan-hol] IPA-expert question

[Darin Arrick]

Isn't "paw" spoken as [pa͡u], with a diphthong, and "paw' " as [pa͡uʔ].

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:33 AM, Klingonteacher <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

> I do understand mostly how IPA works and how to fit it to klingon, but few
> words leave questions open:
>
> 1. How do I mark the difference between {paw} and {paw'}. I'm not sure if
> the glottal stop can be used like this: [paw] vs. [paw?] because we know
> that words like these are pronounced shorter. If I mark the difference like
> [pa:w], then I must theoretically add the [:] to every word, which doesn't
> really make sense.
>
> 2. What about vowel-ending words?
> is that okay: {tI} vs {tI'} = [tI:] vs. [tI?], or only [tI]... ?
>
> Lieven.
>
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