Talk:Rihawathanwan

Fancy phonological charts
I grasp the basis of Phonology but I ain't got a clue about those charts like on the Rangyayo page. Would someone be kind enough to assist me on what the whole Nasal, Affricate mumbo jumbo means? (ᵒᴥᵒ) MineCraftian (Talk) (  Duestchland - Texas - Sagesse - Oil City - Skandinavia   ) (ᵒᴥᵒ) 19:10, November 20, 2012 (UTC)

Basically: for consonants the column on the left-hand side indicates the manner of articulation which is how whichever part of your mouth/vocal organs is used to make a sound does it. Nasal, for example, means that the sound is made by air going through the nose, try putting your index finger across your nostrils and saying /n/ and /m/ and you'll feel the air. The row across the top is the place of articulation is where there's an obstruction or contact. Take the sounds /p/ and /b/, their place of articulation is bilabial which means that both lips are in contact when the sound is produced. Voicing is just whether the vocal cords vibrate when the sound is produced, /p/ is voiceless and the vocal cords do not vibrate, /b/ is voiced and they do. For vowels front to back and close to open are the position of the tongue in the mouth and roundedness is whether or not the lips are rounded. Also, Here's Wikipedia's template for the IPA charts, you can get to a lot from there.  Pá mamūnám ontā́ bán  22:56, November 20, 2012 (UTC)

Oh so the names are actually what you do they are. Wow, I never noticed that closely which organs make what sounds. Thanks bunches! (ᵒᴥᵒ) MineCraftian (Talk) (  Duestchland - Texas - Sagesse - Oil City - Skandinavia   ) (ᵒᴥᵒ) 00:39, November 21, 2012 (UTC)