Talk:Latin/Phonology

Clarification
I'm a bit confused by this key. If you could, maybe add english words with the sounds. Are latin vowels constant? Does I always make the same sound? When is each sound used?

Inaccuracy
The table seems to be, grossly inaccurate. I cite http://www.jstor.org/view/00978507/ap020167/02a00150/0 or Allen's Vox Latina as evidence; the IPA representation of the long i is [i:] (triangle colon, of course, not an ordinary one), and similarly with the other Latin vowels; length, not tenseness is the issue. However, I am not sure what the current opinion in the field is, nor have I found any terribly explicit statement either way. I will edit the page when I am more certain.

Moved from Module Page
Note: this is very unfinished, but it's late and I'm tired. To do: clean this up, add diphthongs and digraphs. Redundancy (pointlessness?) in light of wikipedia article? Not that one's perfect, but it seems a waste to create two flawed documents rather than synthesize them into a better whole... Phthoggos 05:56, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Also, why did my table move to the bottom of the screen? Phthoggos 05:57, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC) NOTE: This note should be in the discussion page, but this article is unfinished anyways and here i am sure you will see it. I put a link here with the Northern Europe pronunciation (the one from after the Middle Ages, in the times of the Great Geographical Discoveries to the Age of Reason) - SizarieldoR 10:53, 13 Jan 2007