History: Pronunciation guide in Italian

Source of version: 2 (current)

Guida alla pronuncia Lojban per Italiani __*** Vocali ***__ __a__ __a__cqu__a__, __a__m__a__re __e__ __e__n__e__rgia __i__ __i__deolog__i__a __o__ __o__ss__o__, __o__n__o__re __u__ __u__no, __u__guale, d__u__bbio __y__ femm__e__ne, campaniell__o__, Napul__e__, chiagn__e__ (Napoletano). Suono vocalico indistinto come al termine della parola inglese ''the'' o francese ''petit''. __*** Dittonghi ***__ __ai__ giamm__ai__, d__ai__ __au__ __au__torizzare, __au__mentare __ei__ s__ei__, l__ei__ __oi__ p__oi__, gli er__oi__ __ia__ p__ia__no, p__ia__zza, p__ia__cere __ie__ __ie__ri, p__ie__tro, c__ie__co __ii__ magn__i__fico, ogn__i__ __io__ p__io__ggia, p__io__mbo __iu__ p__iu__ttosto __ua__ q__ua__ttro, q__ua__lità __ue__ q__ue__sto __ui__ "(io) f__ui__" __uo__ __uo__mo, c__uo__re, "p__uò__ darsi" __uu__ suono __u__ prolungato __*** Consonanti ***__ __b__ __b__asso, __b__am__b__ino, __b__a__bb__o __c__ __sc__immia, la__sc__iare, a__sc__iugamano, __d__ __d__entro, an__d__are __f__ __f__anciulla, so__ff__ocare __g__ __g__atto, pa__g__are __j__ la __g__ dolce intervocalica in Toscano. Come il Francese ''bon__j__our'' o l'inglese ''mea__s__ure'' __k__ __k__ilometro, __c__avallo, __ch__ia__cch__ierare __l__ __l__una, pa__ll__ido __m__ __m__ano, a__m__ore __n__ __n__o__nn__o, __n__otizia __p__ __p__asqua, o__pp__ure, __r__ __r__idere, __r__ing__r__azia__r__e __s__ __s__apienza, __s__olitudine __t__ __t__orre, studen__t__e __v__ __v__erità, ne__v__icare, __x__ la __c__ dura intervocalica in Toscano. Aspirata come in "Ba__ch__" o "Lo__ch__ Ness" __z__ a__z__ienda, ro__zz__a, __z__otico (__z__ sorda, non sonora come in __z__aino o a__z__oto) __'__ breve aspirazione tra due vocali. La __h__ inglese in __h__otel. mi'e ((.aulun.)) ''Re "without the plosive"... I thought the intention was that if a language hasn't got a certain sound, to leave it out rather than providing one which is similar but "wrong". Italians have to distinguish between __dj__ and __j__, and between __dz__ and __z__; if their language misleads them to pronounce __j__ as __dj__ because of the examples {g}, then perhaps {g} is not a good example. mi'e ((filip))'' filip, as far as I do understand the very purpose of these charts, they are to give foreign students of Lojban (without any further knowledge of other languages than their native tongue) an idea of Lojban phonology. If this is correct, it has to be preferred to give any hint possible to reach that goal, hasn't it? --((.aulun.)) Page reformatted. Added some more example for the more difficult cases (__j__,__x__,__'__,__y__) that have no correspondence to Italian sounds. Also redone __z__ --((remod))