Talk:Eastern Armenian language

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  1. TO DO Add links to the right articles for each ejective consonant (5 of them). Serouj 07:54, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
    DONE Did this for pʼ (պ), tʼ (տ), and kʼ (կ). Specific articles for ( tsʼ (ծ) and tʃʼ (ճ) were not found in Wikipedia. Serouj 04:00, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
  2. TO DO Move the consonants table from the Traditional Armenian orthography article, removing Western Armenian columns, removing the footnotes, and replacing the footnotes with the ones already on the Eastern Armenian language article's consonants table. Serouj 07:58, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
    DONE by User:Aeusoes1. Serouj 04:09, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
  3. TO DO Add History section. (Vahe Oshagan's essay "Modern Armenian Literature and Intellectual History: 1700-1915" is a good source.) [1]
  4. TO DO Add examples in the Vowels and Consonants sections. Serouj 07:58, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
  5. TO DO Add Diphthongs section to the Vowels section (similar to the Western Armenian language article. Serouj 07:58, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
  6. TO DO Add example text and corresponding sound-bites. Serouj 07:58, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

  1. ^ (September 1997) “Chapter 5”, Richard G. Hovannisian: The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, volume II, First, New York: St. Martin's Press.

Are պ տ and կ really ejective?? My source says they're plain voiceless. If they are ejective, then the appropriate links are to ejective bilabial plosive etc. Ƶ§œš¹ [aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi] 07:41, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, definitely, and is the key difference between Eastern and Western phonology (along with some letter swaps). I am surprised that much of the literature doesn't mention this correctly. Being in the Trans-Caucasus (a hotbed of languages with ejectives), in hindsight it's no surprise that Eastern Armenian has this... (You can also take a look at Talk:Armenian_language/Archive_1#Ejectives.)
I hadn't realized the specific article. Will make the link. Thanks! Best regards. Serouj 07:48, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
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