Verse:Tdūrzů/Hebrew: Difference between revisions

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/ʔ b v g ɣ d ð h w z ħ tʼ j k x l m n s ʕ p f ts kʼ r ʃ t θ/ = /ʔ~∅ b v g g d ð h w z ħ~χ t j k x~χ l m n s ʕ~ʔ~∅ p f ts k ɾ~ɹ~ʋ ʃ t θ/

As in Received Pronunciation, /l/ is clear [l] when before a vowel and dark [ɫ] otherwise. People often vocalize dark L to [w] but this doesn't happen in careful pronunciation. The clear L-dark L distinction is marginally phonemic in Hebrew poetry where shva may or may not be pronounced according to poetic license: the shva in מילאו (normatively [mɪləˈʔʉː]) 'they filled' vs. מלאו ''mil'u'' (normatively [mɪɫˈʔʉː]) 'fill! (2pl imperative)' may both be /ə/ or both silent.

As in Received Pronunciation, /l/ is clear [l] when before a vowel and dark [ɫ] otherwise. People often vocalize dark L to [w] but this doesn't happen in careful pronunciation. The clear L-dark L distinction is marginally phonemic in Hebrew poetry where shva may or may not be pronounced according to poetic license: the shva in מילאו (normatively [mɪləˈʔʉː]) 'they filled' vs. מלאו ''mil'u'' (normatively [mɪɫˈʔʉː]) 'fill! (2pl imperative)' may both be /ə/ or both silent, hence [mɪl(ə)ˈʔʉː] and [mɪɫ(ə)ˈʔʉː] respectively.

/ʔ ʕ/ are sometimes dropped in casual reading, especially where English would add a hiatus, but are always pronounced (at least, both as [ʔ]) in more careful readings.

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 /ʔ b v g ɣ d ð h w z ħ tʼ j k x l m n s ʕ p f ts kʼ r ʃ t θ/ = /ʔ~∅ b v g g d ð h w z ħ~χ t j k x~χ l m n s ʕ~ʔ~∅ p f ts k ɾ~ɹ~ʋ ʃ t θ/
-As in Received Pronunciation, /l/ is clear [l] when before a vowel and dark [ɫ] otherwise. People often vocalize dark L to [w] but this doesn't happen in careful pronunciation. The clear L-dark L distinction is marginally phonemic in Hebrew poetry where shva may or may not be pronounced according to poetic license: the shva in מילאו (normatively [mɪləˈʔʉː]) 'they filled' vs. מלאו ''mil'u'' (normatively [mɪɫˈʔʉː]) 'fill! (2pl imperative)' may both be /ə/ or both silent.
+As in Received Pronunciation, /l/ is clear [l] when before a vowel and dark [ɫ] otherwise. People often vocalize dark L to [w] but this doesn't happen in careful pronunciation. The clear L-dark L distinction is marginally phonemic in Hebrew poetry where shva may or may not be pronounced according to poetic license: the shva in מילאו (normatively [mɪləˈʔʉː]) 'they filled' vs. מלאו ''mil'u'' (normatively [mɪɫˈʔʉː]) 'fill! (2pl imperative)' may both be /ə/ or both silent, hence [mɪl(ə)ˈʔʉː] and [mɪɫ(ə)ˈʔʉː] respectively.
 /ʔ ʕ/ are sometimes dropped in casual reading, especially where English would add a hiatus, but are always pronounced (at least, both as [ʔ]) in more careful readings.