h-dropping

[regn]

What is then so phantastic about it?

[Vertaler]

What is then so phantastic about it?

Frisian has 26 diphtongs and 6 triphtongs, an ideal English couldn't reach.

[regn]

Ah, yes, I know that; I just thought it was something else you named
Well, the number of vowels is really impressive. But do these include the nasals, too? Coz the nasals seem to be no phonemes in Frisian, as far as I know.

[Vertaler]

Ah, yes, I know that; I just thought it was something else you named
Well, the number of vowels is really impressive. But do these include the nasals, too? Coz the nasals seem to be no phonemes in Frisian, as far as I know.

You're right, and this number doesn't include any nasals. Frisian has also 18 monophtongs as well, but the reason why I wrote about is because it sounds absolutely normal for me and sometimes even understandable.

[regn]

What seems normal? The number of vowels? Of course, it's even cool to have so many of them By the way, Danish has 20 monophthongs.

[Vertaler]

What seems normal? The number of vowels?

No, the Frisian language itself.

[regn]

Why should it be abnormal?

[Vertaler]

Why should it be abnormal?

Because English is.

[regn]

well?

[sknente]

What is then so phantastic about it?

Frisian has 26 diphtongs and 6 triphtongs, an ideal English couldn't reach.

Are you sure those are all phonemes (including the 18 monophthongs), or just dialectal variations in pronunciation... well you didn't mention they were phonemes anyway, so maybe there are just a lot of allophones.. ?

[regn]

They're phonemes

[sknente]

It's kinda hard to believe though, that they would keep such fine distinctions while being surrounded and dominated by a much sloppier language... Or maybe it isn't... since if the Frisian phonetics are so rich, maybe the entire phonetic set of Dutch can be contained within it, and perhaps the Frisians feel the Dutch sounds as a subset of their own, so Dutch phonetics don't muddle their language.

[sknente]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KaTanewWj4Y Sweet. :> Doesn't seem as hard to pronounce as English... the ending sounds kinda like... элшьигиропнай. : p

[regn]

It is notable, I think, that certain differencies are based on the pitch quality of this or that diphthong. I mean, rising and falling diphthongs are differentiated. Thus, it is very easy to number even greater quantites of vowels

[Драгана]

I don't say "h" if it's not needed in the word.But sometomes I speak t like  r or ch- for example better "bere" or meet you "mi:chu".And sometimes I say love like "luv " or "lov"(l is any milder).

[Драгана]

Sometimes I say h like..like a little г фрик.,but not im english but other languages.

[sknente]

lurrrve ~

Some black artist-singer man pronounced it with an awesome accent, but I forgot his name. Hearing him pronounce it was like eating greasy pasta with wine and thick mushroom sauce.

any milder

wha?

[Jumis]

Some black artist-singer man pronounced it with an awesome accent, but I forgot his name. Hearing him pronounce it was like eating greasy pasta with wine and thick mushroom sauce

    

wha?

in a slightly palatalized way, ya betcha

[sknente]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KaTanewWj4Y Sweet. :> Doesn't seem as hard to pronounce as English... the ending sounds kinda like... элшьигиропнай. : p

That "элшьигиропнай" is translated to Dutch as "elke keer opnieuw" = each time again. I also noticed now they say "du bist", like German (while dutch has "jij bent") and their version of "that" is "dost".

I wonder what do people who speak Nedersachsen say... jij or du? I've seen some N-sachsen pages on Wikipedia and it looks a loooot like Dutch. Basically, badly spelled Dutch. (just kidding)

[andrewsiak]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KaTanewWj4Y Sweet. :> Doesn't seem as hard to pronounce as English... the ending sounds kinda like... элшьигиропнай. : p

That "элшьигиропнай" is translated to Dutch as "elke keer opnieuw" = each time again. I also noticed now they say "du bist", like German (while dutch has "jij bent") and their version of "that" is "dost".

that = dat
(you) do = (du) dost

[iopq]

thou dost (doest)