Concise outlines of Middelsprake.pdf - Folkspraak

Ingmar’s Linguarium > Middelsprake © Ingmar Roerdinkholder 2004
O [o:]
oo [o:] good, toon [go:d], [to:n] good, toe
o [o:] open, hoved [′o:p∂n],[′ho:v∂d] open, head
o [o:] two, blo, stro [tvo:],[blo:],[stro:]two, blue, straw
o [כ] brost, old [br כst], [כld] breast, old
oe [o:∂] koe, bloer [ko:∂], [′blo:∂r] cows, bluer
oi [כj] boide, boie [′b כjd∂], [′b כj∂] both, buoy
ou [כw] dou, broue [d כw],[′br כw∂] dew, to brew
Ö [ø:]
öö [ø:] gröön, dööd [grø:n], [dø:d] green, dead
ö [ø:] swöter, hönig [′svø:t∂r],[′hø:nıg]sweeter, honey
ö [ø:] tö, nö [tø:], [nø:] thaw, nah
ö [œ] twölf, köng [tvœlf], [kœŋ] twelve, king
öe [ø:∂] töe, ströe [’tø:∂], [strø:∂] to thaw, to strew
öy [œy] öyland, gröyest [′œyland],[′grœy∂st]island, greyest
(öy and eu are pronounced the same, the latter occurs only in loan-words)
U [u:]
uu [u:] huus, uut [hu:s], [u:t] house, out
u [u:] uter, tusend [′u:t∂r], [′tu:z∂nd]without, thousand
u [u:] nu, ju, fru [nu:],[ju:],[fru:] now, you, woman
u [u] hund, tunge [hund], [′tuŋ∂] dog, tongue
ue [u:∂] true, frue [′tru:∂], [′fru:∂] to trust, women
Ü [y:]
üü [y:] füür, düür [fy:r], [dy:r] fire, expensive
ü [y:] hüre, dürer [′hy:r∂], [′dy:r∂r] to rent, dearer
ü [y:] nü, schü [ny:], [∫y:] new, shy
ü [y] rüg, twüntig [ryg], [′tvyntıg] back, twenty
üe [y:∂] schüer, nüest [′∫y:∂r], [′ny:∂st] shyer, newest
Y [’ypsi:l כn] (or [’ιpsi:l כn])
y [i:] type, Syrie [′ti:p∂], [′si:ri∂] type, Syria
(alternatively pronounced [y:][′ty:p∂], [′sy:ri∂])
y [y] olympisch,hymne [o:′lympı∫],[′hymn∂]Olympic, hymn
(alternatively pronounced [ı] [o:′lımpı∫],[′hımn∂])
long y is pronounced [i:] like long i,
with an alternative pronunciation [y:]like long ü
short y is pronounced like [y] short ü,
with an alternative pronunciation [ı]like short i
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