Re: Learning a language

From: Ruud Harmsen (realemailseesite01_at_rudhar.com)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:17:53 +0200

25 Jun 2004 09:03:09 +0200: LEE Sau Dan
<danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>: in sci.lang:

> Rex> *E is pronounced within a syllable as the English bEt, gEt,
> Rex> sEll, but when it ends a syllable, it has the "brighter"
> Rex> sound as in French "ai" as in lAIt, sAIs.
>
>Why this complication for "E"?

Because in many Germanic languages (German, Dutch, English to soe
extent) short (sometimes called tense) vowels cannot be at the end of
a syllable.

But as Ceqli has only 5 vowels, I suppose you are free to ignore any
difference between [e] and [E], as long as you stay somewhere between
[a] and [i], and far enough away from these two to avoid confusion. 

-- 
Ruud Harmsen <rha@rudhar.com> - http://rudhar.com

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