Gaby
Lord of Altera
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I'm actually making an effort on this language that isn't half-arsed, and when I'm done with it, we will actually be able to speak actual fae.
yes, this is actually my goal. it's happening.
so far, I've got the phonetics.
EDIT: a terrible formatting error, and I've been forced to remove all formatting for now. too tired to add in all the tiny wee bolds. too much tired.
I'm actually making an effort on this language that isn't half-arsed, and when I'm done with it, we will actually be able to speak actual fae.
yes, this is actually my goal. it's happening.
so far, I've got the phonetics.
EDIT: a terrible formatting error, and I've been forced to remove all formatting for now. too tired to add in all the tiny wee bolds. too much tired.
Pronunciation:
(it’s rather important to read this, as fae has a markedly different pronunciation from the english language, being much more similar to spanish or catalan. notably different from spanish or catalan, however, are a certain few letters that are pronounced in an entirely unique way, namely: [yr], [r], [dh]. not to mention the total absence of certain sounds, and the occasional pronunciation specifics.)
Consonants:
[p] as in pin
{b} as in baby
[t] as in top
[r] as the [tt] in better, or the [r] in the spanish pero
[yr] is a unique semivowel, pronounced approximately like the [ere] in the english “there”
[dh]/[th] as in “them”
[k]/[c] as in cat or queen
[g] as in gold
[f] as in fire
[v] as in virtue
{s} as in stop
[sh] as in shoe or emotion
[m] as in man
[n] as in nice
[l] as in lady
[ny] exactly like the ñ
[ng] as in ring
[y]/[j] as the spanish [ll] in “ella”
Notes:
- stops are minimal, often aspirated at the beginnings of words
- as contrasted from in elven, the letters [p], [t], and [k] are always aspirated, as in, they are spoken with an “extra puff of breath” at the end (no better way to explain it)
- there is no “h” sound in fae. any written h is completely silent.
- there is no “d” sound in fae, or indeed, any letter d. the letter r sounds enough like d to suffice.
Vowels:
[a] as in car
[e] as in get
as in evil
[o] as in toe
[ö]/ as in room (but shorter)
Diphthongs:
[ai] same as the english y (fly, sky, etc) (or the catalan aigua and mainada)
[au] as in the catalan taula, caurem
[ei] as in hay (or the catalan rei, remei)
[ia] pronounced “eee-yah”
Stresses:
(I just copy-pasted this from catalan, so you bet your britches I'll go back and edit this eventually...)
(it’s rather important to read this, as fae has a markedly different pronunciation from the english language, being much more similar to spanish or catalan. notably different from spanish or catalan, however, are a certain few letters that are pronounced in an entirely unique way, namely: [yr], [r], [dh]. not to mention the total absence of certain sounds, and the occasional pronunciation specifics.)
Consonants:
[p] as in pin
{b} as in baby
[t] as in top
[r] as the [tt] in better, or the [r] in the spanish pero
[yr] is a unique semivowel, pronounced approximately like the [ere] in the english “there”
[dh]/[th] as in “them”
[k]/[c] as in cat or queen
[g] as in gold
[f] as in fire
[v] as in virtue
{s} as in stop
[sh] as in shoe or emotion
[m] as in man
[n] as in nice
[l] as in lady
[ny] exactly like the ñ
[ng] as in ring
[y]/[j] as the spanish [ll] in “ella”
Notes:
- stops are minimal, often aspirated at the beginnings of words
- as contrasted from in elven, the letters [p], [t], and [k] are always aspirated, as in, they are spoken with an “extra puff of breath” at the end (no better way to explain it)
- there is no “h” sound in fae. any written h is completely silent.
- there is no “d” sound in fae, or indeed, any letter d. the letter r sounds enough like d to suffice.
Vowels:
[a] as in car
[e] as in get
as in evil
[o] as in toe
[ö]/ as in room (but shorter)
Diphthongs:
[ai] same as the english y (fly, sky, etc) (or the catalan aigua and mainada)
[au] as in the catalan taula, caurem
[ei] as in hay (or the catalan rei, remei)
[ia] pronounced “eee-yah”
Stresses:
(I just copy-pasted this from catalan, so you bet your britches I'll go back and edit this eventually...)
- written accent marks determine stressed syllables
- if no accent marks, second-to-last syllable is stressed if the word ends in: -a, -e, i-, -o, -u, -as, -es, -is, -os, -us, -en, -in
- if the above is not true, the last syllable is stressed
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