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|name = Tjoc | |name = Tjoc | ||
|nativename = Tjoc | |nativename = Tjoc | ||
|pronunciation = [' | |pronunciation = ['tju:tʃ] | ||
|region = Europe | |region = Europe | ||
|states = Kingdom of Angelkinn | |states = Kingdom of Angelkinn | ||
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|e | |e | ||
|[ɛ] / [e:] | |[ɛ] / [e:] | ||
|in the plural cluster -es it is not pronounced | |it can be 'short' or 'long'; in the plural cluster -es it is not pronounced | ||
|- | |- | ||
|f | |f | ||
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|o | |o | ||
|[ɔ] / [u:] | |[ɔ] / [u:] | ||
| | |it can be 'short' or 'long' | ||
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|p | |p | ||
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The short vowels 'a' [a], 'i' [i] and 'u' [ø] have got a long counterpart: 'å' [o:], 'y' [εi̯] and 'ů' [y:]. | The short vowels 'a' [a], 'i' [i] and 'u' [ø] have got a long counterpart: 'å' [o:], 'y' [εi̯] and 'ů' [y:]. | ||
Also the vowels 'e' and 'o' can be either short or long, but they are written always in one way. | |||
Actually there are words that differ in the pronunciation of these vowels, such as ''wjor'', that means both "far", when it is pronounced ['vjɔr], and "four", when it is pronounced ['vju:r]. It is important to know | Actually there are words that differ in the pronunciation of these vowels, such as ''wjor'', that means both "far", when it is pronounced ['vjɔr], and "four", when it is pronounced ['vju:r]. It is important to know how to pronounce these two vowels, because it allows to distinguish words that are spelled the same. | ||
There isn't a law that regulates the length of 'e' and 'o', but, usually, when these two vowels are unstressed, they are always short, wheres if they are stressed, they can be either short or long. If the stressed 'e' or 'o' are followed by one consonant or none at all, then thay are usually pronounced as long, that is [e:] and [u:] respectively. Otherwise they are pronounced short, [ε] and [ɔ] respectively. Of course this doesn't happen regularly, as we have seen for the word ''wjor'' ("far"), in which the 'o' is pronounced short. There are, however, clues that can help us, for exemple the comparative of the word is ''wjorre'', it confirms the short pronunciation of the root vowel. | |||
==Diphthongs and digraphs== | ==Diphthongs and digraphs== | ||