Talk:Laboulan

IPA
Do you know how to use IPA? :) pá mamūnám ontā́ bán 08:49, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

No, but it's just the alphabet right? Why does it matter? Jmelnick 01:33, June 13, 2012 (UTC)

IPA makes sure that other people know exactly what the sounds of your language are. Check out the Wikipedia article.  Pá mamūnám ontā́ bán  08:26, June 13, 2012 (UTC)

Well I explained the sounds on the page. Jmelnick 02:25, June 14, 2012 (UTC)Jmelnick

I am sorry, but I sincerely don't get what your explanations mean. kyām dēkәr 07:43, June 14, 2012 (UTC)

Even though you did people will pronounce them differently (native and foreign). For example, some people will read "ah" as /æ/, some as /ɑː/ and some as /a/.  Pá mamūnám ontā́ bán  08:37, June 14, 2012 (UTC)

I think I fixed them for people to understand. Jmelnick 19:42, June 14, 2012 (UTC)

I don't think you've quite got it:  Pá mamūnám ontā́ bán  20:51, June 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * /c/ is roughly a T sound with a simultaneous Y sound. It's found in Czech for example.
 * /j/ represents the y in "yes".
 * /r/ is normally a rolled R (though it can be a lazy way of representing an English R, which is [ɹ])
 * /ah/ is the a in the French "aller" followed by an English H sound.
 * /i/ is like the ee in "meet" but shorter.
 * /e/ is the é in the French "joué".
 * /hay/ is an English H sound then the a in the French "aller" (as above) and then the u in the French "pur".
 * /o/ is the French "au".
 * /u/ is like the oo in English "boot" only shorter.
 * /a/ is the a in the French "aller" (as above)

From what I've read on the article you mean:  Pá mamūnám ontā́ bán  20:56, June 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * /c/ → /k/ c in "act".
 * /j/ → /d͡ʒ/ j in "jam".
 * /r/ → /ɹ/ r in "robbed".
 * /ah/ → /ɑː/ a in English English "father" or /æ/ a in American English "cat".
 * /e/ → /ɛ/ e in "bed".
 * /hay/ → /h/ h in "hand".

All fixed. Thanks for your help. Jmelnick 02:29, June 15, 2012 (UTC)Jmelnick