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==Traditional English pronunciation of Sanskrit== | ==Traditional English pronunciation of Sanskrit== | ||
Idea: "What if Sanskrit had a reading tradition from Medieval England" | Idea: "What if Sanskrit had a reading tradition from Medieval England" | ||
*"Cerebrals" merge with dentals as in southeast Asian languages | |||
*Word-final nasal -ṃ merges with -m as in the traditional reading of Latin | |||
*Miraculously final -aḥ and -o merge into /-oʊ/, the former is an independent development from Prakrit languages -- it comes from the usual assimilation of "silent gh" | |||
/ægnɪmaɪli pəroʊhitəm jædʒnəsjə diwəm əɹtwɪdʒəm hoʊteɪɹəm ɹætnəðeɪtəməm/ | /ægnɪmaɪli pəroʊhitəm jædʒnəsjə diwəm əɹtwɪdʒəm hoʊteɪɹəm ɹætnəðeɪtəməm/ | ||
Revision as of 18:07, 17 September 2021
Jamaican/Finnish Latin
- Ecclesiastical Latin ti -> tsi gone wild: in this dialect it becomes si
- ē, ō -> ie, uo (the opposite of Romance languages)
- could create interesting false friends with Romance languages like "bacon"/"beer can"
Tonal Latin
- louksnā -> lū̀ˀna
Traditional English pronunciation of Sanskrit
Idea: "What if Sanskrit had a reading tradition from Medieval England"
- "Cerebrals" merge with dentals as in southeast Asian languages
- Word-final nasal -ṃ merges with -m as in the traditional reading of Latin
- Miraculously final -aḥ and -o merge into /-oʊ/, the former is an independent development from Prakrit languages -- it comes from the usual assimilation of "silent gh"
/ægnɪmaɪli pəroʊhitəm jædʒnəsjə diwəm əɹtwɪdʒəm hoʊteɪɹəm ɹætnəðeɪtəməm/