History: Pronunciation guide in Italian

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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__litÃ 

 __ue__  q__ue__sto

 __ui__  "(io) f__ui__"

 __uo__  __uo__mo, c__uo__re, "p__uÃ²__ 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__eritÃ , 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))
History: Pronunciation guide in Italian

Source of version: 2 (current)

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