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mor-il » Wed Jun 11, 2003 6:06 pm
I've been trying to learn Old Icelandic, which I'm assured is synonymous with Old Norse. My book is old, and I've been meaning to make a scan of it, but I haven't yet, so I don't have any images to show
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<BR>I can't figure out the pronunciation of certain vowels. In order to make sure I'm not mispronouncing the letters I think I know, I'm hoping for a general description of all the 14 vowels I've noticed:
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<BR>a
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<BR>e
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<BR>i
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<BR>o
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<BR>u
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<BR>y
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<BR>á (in case you can't see my formatting, that's an accented a)
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<BR>é
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<BR>í
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<BR>ó
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<BR>ú
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<BR>´y (the accent should be over the y)
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<BR>ø
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<BR>oi (I can't get the formatting right: this should be an O with a little hook under it; it's reminiscent of an iota subscript in Greek, but is fully attached to the letter)
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<BR>And of course the diphthongs:
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<BR>au
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<BR>ae
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<BR>ai
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<BR>ei
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<BR>eo
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<BR>and others I missed?
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<BR>And there's the consonant g in certain situations. I'm not sure if the modern pronunciation of, for instance siGur rós, which is pronounced su'ur ros
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<BR>Any help?