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=Correspondencies according to la gleki=
=Correspondencies according to la gleki=
 
== Mandarin phonology (IPA) ==
=== Mandarin phonology (IPA) ===
 
{|class=wikitable
{|class=wikitable
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labial_consonant Labial]</p>
| <p dir="ltr">([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denti-alveolar Denti-])</p><p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_consonant Alveolar]</p>
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex_consonant Retroflex]</p>
|
|
| <p dir="ltr">([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolo-palatal_consonant Alveolo]-)</p><p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal_consonant Palatal]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labial_consonant Labial]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_consonant Velar]</p>
|([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denti-alveolar Denti-])[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_consonant Alveolar]
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex_consonant Retroflex]
|
|([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolo-palatal_consonant Alveolo]-)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal_consonant Palatal]
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_consonant Velar]
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_stop Nasal]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_stop Nasal]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasal m]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasal m]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_nasal n̪]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_nasal n̪]
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|
|
|
|
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasal ŋ]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasal ŋ]</p>
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_consonant Stop]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_consonant Stop]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics) pʰ]  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_stop p]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics) pʰ]  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_stop p]
| <p dir="ltr">t̪ʰ  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_dental_stop t̪]</p>
|t̪ʰ  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_dental_stop t̪]
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|
|
|
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics) kʰ]  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_stop k]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics) kʰ]  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_stop k]
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affricate_consonant Affricate]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affricate_consonant Affricate]
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|
| <p dir="ltr"> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics) t͡sʰ]  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_affricate t͡s]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics) t͡sʰ]  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_affricate t͡s]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics) ʈ͡ʂʰ]  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_retroflex_affricate ʈ͡ʂ]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics) ʈ͡ʂʰ]  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_retroflex_affricate ʈ͡ʂ]
|
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics) t͡ɕʰ]  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_affricate t͡ɕ]
|
|
| <p dir="ltr"> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics) t͡ɕʰ]  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_affricate t͡ɕ]</p>
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fricative_consonant Fricative]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fricative_consonant Fricative]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_labiodental_fricative f]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_labiodental_fricative f]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_sibilant s]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_sibilant s]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_retroflex_sibilant ʂ]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_retroflex_sibilant ʂ]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_retroflex_sibilant ʐ]~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex_approximant ɻ]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_retroflex_sibilant ʐ]~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex_approximant ɻ]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_sibilant ɕ]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_sibilant ɕ]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative x]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative x]
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximant_consonant Approximant]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximant_consonant Approximant]
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_lateral_approximant l̪]</p>
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|
|
| <p dir="ltr">([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal_approximant j])  ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labial-palatal_approximant ɥ])</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_lateral_approximant l̪]
| <p dir="ltr">([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labio-velar_approximant w])</p>
|
|
|([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal_approximant j])  ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labial-palatal_approximant ɥ])
|([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labio-velar_approximant w])
|}
|}


Lojbanic phonology
Lojbanic phonology
{|class=wikitable
{|class=wikitable
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labial_consonant Labial]</p>
| <p dir="ltr">([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denti-alveolar Denti-])</p><p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_consonant Alveolar]</p>
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex_consonant Retroflex]</p>
|
|
| <p dir="ltr">([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolo-palatal_consonant Alveolo]-)</p><p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal_consonant Palatal]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labial_consonant Labial]
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_consonant Velar]</p>
|([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denti-alveolar Denti-])[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_consonant Alveolar]
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex_consonant Retroflex]
|
|([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolo-palatal_consonant Alveolo]-)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal_consonant Palatal]
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_consonant Velar]
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_stop Nasal]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_stop Nasal]
| <p dir="ltr">m</p>
|m
| <p dir="ltr">n-</p><p dir="ltr">-ni</p>
|n--ni
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|
|
|
|
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|[ŋ]
| <p dir="ltr">[ŋ]</p>
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_consonant Stop]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_consonant Stop]
| <p dir="ltr">p b</p>
|p b
| <p dir="ltr">t d</p>
|t d
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|
|
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|
| <p dir="ltr">k g</p>
|
|k g
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affricate_consonant Affricate]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affricate_consonant Affricate]
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|
| <p dir="ltr">ts dz</p>
|ts dz
| <p dir="ltr">tc dj</p>
|tc dj
|
|tsi dzi
|
|
| <p dir="ltr">tsi dzi</p>
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fricative_consonant Fricative]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fricative_consonant Fricative]
| <p dir="ltr">f [v]</p>
|f [v]
| <p dir="ltr">s [z]</p>
|s [z]
| <p dir="ltr">c</p>
|c
| <p dir="ltr">r j</p>
|r j
| <p dir="ltr">si</p>
|si
| <p dir="ltr">x</p>
|x
|-
|-
| <p dir="ltr">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximant_consonant Approximant]</p>
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximant_consonant Approximant]
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
| <p dir="ltr">l</p>
| <p dir="ltr"> </p>
|
|
| <p dir="ltr">i ‘</p>
|l
| <p dir="ltr">u</p>
|
|
|i ‘
|u
|}
|}


<p dir="ltr">Green phoneme is absent in Lojban, violet phonemes are present in Lojban but not in Mandarin.</p><p dir="ltr">Li’a vy fa’u zy na’e zasti sepa’u lo mandarin bangu ke sance ciste.</p><p dir="ltr">I zo’oi ngy na’e zasti sepa’u lo lojban bangu ciste (to zo’oi ngy mintu ny toi).</p>
Green phoneme is absent in Lojban, violet phonemes are present in Lojban but not in Mandarin.
 
Li'a vy fa'u zy na'e zasti sepa'u lo mandarin bangu ke sance ciste.I zo'oi ngy na'e zasti sepa'u lo jbobau ciste (to zo'oi ngy mintu ny toi).


=Discussion=
=Discussion=

Revision as of 10:37, 26 September 2014

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Correspondencies according to la gleki

Mandarin phonology (IPA)

Labial (Denti-)Alveolar Retroflex (Alveolo-)Palatal Velar
Nasal m n̪ ŋ
Stop pʰ p t̪ʰ t̪ kʰ k
Affricate t͡sʰ t͡s ʈ͡ʂʰ ʈ͡ʂ t͡ɕʰ t͡ɕ
Fricative f s ʂ ʐ~ɻ ɕ x
Approximant l̪ (j) (ɥ) (w)

Lojbanic phonology

Labial (Denti-)Alveolar Retroflex (Alveolo-)Palatal Velar
Nasal m n--ni [ŋ]
Stop p b t d k g
Affricate ts dz tc dj tsi dzi
Fricative f [v] s [z] c r j si x
Approximant l i ‘ u

Green phoneme is absent in Lojban, violet phonemes are present in Lojban but not in Mandarin.

Li'a vy fa'u zy na'e zasti sepa'u lo mandarin bangu ke sance ciste.I zo'oi ngy na'e zasti sepa'u lo jbobau ciste (to zo'oi ngy mintu ny toi).

Discussion

  • There is no "real" r-sound in Putonghua phonology nor a "real" j-sound (is there a "real" r-sound in English?!).
    • There is the choice to represent Lojban r or j by the Chinese sound given as 'r' (in Pinyin) or 'j' (in W-G) respectively:
      • 'ri4' or 'jih4': "sun/day"
    • The sound described by these conventions is pronounced somewhat between American 'r' (in 'are' - this English word sounding pretty close to pinyin 'èr' or W-G 'erh4'!) and French génie, maybe comparable to the 'r-j' mix in the Czech composer's surname Dvořák but without the trill
    • .aulun.:
      Maybe persuaded by the Pinyin convention, I usually hear this sound like American 'r', but - on my way across the whole country - I also would hear a native of Peking area pronounce his surname 'rén' as 'jen2' (W-G), i.e. much closer to the 'génie' initial. So what? I decided to take this Chinese (Putonghua) sound to represent Lojban 'r'.
    • .braiyn.:
      My Mandarin dictionary lists the pronunciation of Pinyin initial r as IPA "z-with-tail", which CLL explicitly lists as an allowed pronunciation of lojban j...
      • Yes, we're having the choice, as mentioned above. Yet, we only can take one to represent this phoneme, and i decided/proposed to take the 'r'.
    • .aulun.:
    • There's a sound in Putonghua (represented by 'r' in pinyin) that - in my impression - seems to be closer to American 'r' than to Lojban j. But that is not the question, since the Chinese language is nontheless defective with regard to - at least - these two consonants: choose what you want to - and drop the other one respectively!

See also

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