Some links and extra information to share

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Taronyu Ayunilyä Alahe

Na'vi Pronunciation, the Wikipedia way
We have the IPA for na'vi.  So let's get cracking.

ì: First, what is a high front i? That is the i with the accent grave, or the : ì.  Wikipedia has two sound files and sample words for a dozen languages.  It is the i in English "bit", Swedish "sill" (herring)

ä: What is a low front a? That is the a with the umlaut, or the ä.  Wikipedia has one sound file.  It is like the "a" in "cat" or Swedish päron (pear)

Pseudo-vowels ll and rr.  I'm not getting a lot of hits on pseudo-vowels, normally these are called syllabic constants.  The ll is kind of like the final l in English "bottle" or French "table", which is an example of a syllabic l.  Syllabic r lets Czech do sentences like "Strč prst skrz krk ", which has 4 syllabic r's.

Ejectives. px, tx, kx .... okay, I'm just going to point you to the sound files.  It's like p, t and k with a bottled-up, unusually forceful puff of air.   Just remember back to your K'ekchi lessons in highschool, you don't? Ok listen to the k'a (bitter) file.  And Lakota has all three, the p', t', and k' In Lakota it sound more "clicky"  My cat was afraid while I practiced these aloud.

Flapping those r's.  Also called aveolar tap.  Sounds to me like you start to trill an r, but only do one "trill". Mind bogglingly, it is also the sound of the "tt" in "better" or "latter" for US, Auz and NZ speakers.

http://www.suburbandestiny.com/?p=633

many would probably knew this, and not find this piece of essay a big discovery, but I hope it can help :)


edit: for readability - Z
ke plltxe ngeyä kawng tìrey lu

Skxawng

Good work. I'm going to move a topic on the Ejectives Over to this forum, because I feel like between those and the trilled rr's we're going to get a lot of people wondering.  Keep it up!


"prrkxentrrkrr is a skill best saved for only the most cunning linguist"

Nume fpi sänume

Awesome, sound files are always a plus. I cant wait till we get some concrete "this is how it sounds" recorded and put up for people to hear in different words.

Taronyu Ayunilyä Alahe

thank you and your welcome? hahhaha.
well I took this from the website written above, so thank that person who wrote that, not me.:)

and yeah this is a new language so it's a whole new something to learn.

plus, I will share results from my results, even though I know they are common.
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Taronyu Ayunilyä Alahe

o yea, just something I'd like to share. Since devoting my holidays to learning Na'Vi, I kept a few windows open to open again next time I turn on my laptop. those windows really help and these are the windows:
*dramatic music playing*
http://www.suburbandestiny.com/
http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Na%27vi_Language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%27vi_language
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1977
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BxURBDXVBWhHMGIyYWQyZWEtNjY2ZS00ZWYxLWExYTQtOGI2MGE4YTBiMTQz&hl=en (posted by someone here, sorry I forgot  :( )
the yahoo group for learning Na'Vi ( I think the name of the group is plainly : "Navilanguage"
and lastly, this site.


enjoy your learning time! Eltu Si :)
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