[101508] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] leSSov
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Sun Oct 25 20:42:41 2015
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 20:41:38 -0400
In-Reply-To: <CAP7F2cKe=o0zNeU=cX1LfUx7ay5-yuRdYzC9Wnfiei8xK5y6Gg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/25/2015 10:28 AM, qunnoQ HoD wrote:
> that aside,what is the meaning/purpose of the double <<S>> ? does this
> change something as far as the pronunciation is concerned ?
From KLINGON FOR THE GALACTIC TRAVELER, 138=96139:
First of all, some younger speakers tend to pronounce doubled consonants =
as if they were single, while older speakers pretty much maintain the =
distinction between single and doubled consonants. For example, in the =
word {qettaH} ("He/she keeps on running"; {qet}, "run, jog," plus =
{-taH}, "continuous"), an older Klingon would either pronounce each {t} =
distinctly, releasing the first one with a puff of air before =
articulating the second, or else he or she would hold the {t} just a bit =
before releasing it, so that the time taken up would be about the same =
as if each {t} were articulated separately. A younger speaker, on the =
other hand, may pronounce the word as if it were {qetaH}, though with =
the stress remaining on the first syllable as it is in {qettaH}. =
Similarly, an older speaker would probably maintain the {mm} in {bommey} =
("songs"; {bom}, "song," plus {-mey}, plural indicator) by either =
pronouncing each {m} distinctly or, more likely in this case, prolonging =
the {m}; some younger speakers (though a smaller number than in the case =
of {tt}) might say {bomey}, again with stress remaining on the first =
syllable. Only in the case of {''} (as in {pa''a'} ["big room"]: {pa'}, =
"room", plus {-'a'}, an augmentative) is there a tendency in both groups =
to reduce the {''} to a single {'}, though {''} (a somewhat prolonged =
gap between the preceding and following {a}) is hardly unknown or =
archaic-sounding. The reduction of doubled consonants to single follows =
a clear pattern. Those most likely to be reduced are {pp}, {tt}, and, as =
noted above, least likely to be reduced are {ll}, {mm}, {nn}, {ngng}, =
{w}, {ww}, and {yy}.
-- =
SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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