Classical Latin - Phonology - Reddit #2

[mattlianje]

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from u/christmas_fan1

Very cool idea.

Just a few points about the IPA:

- short i before a vowel has /i/ quality, likewise short u /u/

- you've got your work cut out for you writing all the cases for final m (assimilates to following consonants, in certain cases even word internally such as quamquam, -que, etc., nasalizes preceding vowels in front of fricatives, vowels and h-)

- -gn- = ŋn

- n before c, g, k, x = ŋ

- ngu<vowel> should become ŋɡʷ except in certain cases such as languī which is /laŋɡui/

- consonant cluster assimilation: plebs = /plɛps/. You could write a rule b -> p before voiceless consonants. There are other examples of this but I can't think of any right now.

Looking forward to see where this goes!