[gothic-l] Re: Pronounciation

[Francisc Czobor]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Le Bateman" <LeBateman at N...> wrote:
>  How do you determine how the ai diphthong is pronounced if the 
accent falls
> on the first  vowel do you pronounce it long e, and if it falls on 
the
> second vowel is it then pronounced like the i in wine. or mine.
> Thaggken Thu

According to transliteration convention established by Grimm:

ái = [ai] diphthong, pronounced like English "i" in "wine, mine"
(acute accent on "a")

aí = short, open [e] (acute accent on "i")

ai = long, open [e] (no accent)

Francisc





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