[gothic-l] Re: Gothic Dipthongs

[Francisc Czobor]

Hi, Le,

According to most sources, there were three different sounds written 
by Wulfla as "ai":
- in most cases the diphthong [ai] (pronounced like English "i" 
in "mine", "wine", etc.). In modern transcriptions is sometimes 
written "ái";
- the short, open [e] sound, which in genuine Gothic words occurs as 
a phonetic variation of "i" before r, h, hw. In modern transcrptions 
is sometimes written "aí";
- the long, open [e] sound, which appears only before vowels, like in 
waian "to blow", saian "to sow".
There are indications that the diphthong "ai" became soon assimilated 
to [ei] and then monophthongized to long [e] or even long [i] (in 
Crimean Gothic).
The "iu" group is considered to be pronounced initially as a 
diphthong [i-w], but in Crimean Gothic it became a sound noted by 
Busbecq as "ie" (probably a long [i]).
There was no "ui" diphthong in Gothic.

Francisc


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Le Bateman" <LeBateman at N...> wrote:
> Sorry that is Diphthongs.
> Le
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> Are the Diphthongs ai and iu pronounced like long e or ey. in they. 
Is the
> diphthong. ui also pronounced  the same as long e
> airth eerth etc... OE Þeoden, Theyoden o as in not.  Þuiden
> Le
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