Verse:Irta/Modern Hebrew: Difference between revisions

IlL (talk | contribs)
IlL (talk | contribs)
Line 10: Line 10:
* Vowels: /i e ɛ a QG QQ o u (shva na) ḤP ḤS ḤQ/ = [i e̞ e̞ æ~a ɑ~ɒ~ʌ o o u Ø~e̞ æ e̞ o̞]
* Vowels: /i e ɛ a QG QQ o u (shva na) ḤP ḤS ḤQ/ = [i e̞ e̞ æ~a ɑ~ɒ~ʌ o o u Ø~e̞ æ e̞ o̞]
** Unstressed qamatz gadol is [ʌ] (similar to Seoul Korean /ʌ/)
** Unstressed qamatz gadol is [ʌ] (similar to Seoul Korean /ʌ/)
* /r/ is alveolar or retroflex and usually an approximant.
* /r/ is alveolar or retroflex and usually an approximant. Some speakers may pronounce it as [ɾ] or [r]. Tiberian Hebrew [ʀ] is used in solemn speech.
* tav~tet /t̪ʰ/ and dalet /d̪/ have postvocalic allophones [θ] and [ð] (which don't correspond to lack of dagesh)
* tav~tet /t̪ʰ/ and dalet /d̪/ have postvocalic allophones [θ] and [ð] (which don't correspond to lack of dagesh)
** ''Really'' snobby prescriptivists would insist that leniting dageshed tav, tet or dageshed dalet is incorrect, but basically no one would actually succeed at the "correct" pronunciation; they'd at best fail to lenite (which is like our Israeli Hebrew).
** ''Really'' snobby prescriptivists would insist that leniting dageshed tav, tet or dageshed dalet is incorrect, but basically no one would actually succeed at the "correct" pronunciation; they'd at best fail to lenite (which is like our Israeli Hebrew).