Talk:Latin regional pronunciation
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[edit] Font problem
Hi- I'm not getting the IPA symbols on my screen--presumably I need to download a font? Could this page be modified with a sentence saying this, or an appropriate link? Presumably lots of readers would have the same problem. Thanks, Opus33 16:02, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- This is a standard problem of IE. Tough luck :) Get yourself a modern browser that supports current standards like Firefox :) Ok, jokes aside, I added the standard notice for possible problems with special characters. --Tbackstr 22:25, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Classical 'ae'
The pronunciation given for Classical Latin for 'ae' looks to be incorrect. The correct Classical pronunciation would be [ai] (roughly like the English "I"/"eye"). The standard work on this subject is W. Sidney Allen, 'Vox Latina' (Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 1978, London).
- I don't have any references at hand, but your proposition seems a bit odd to me. I can't remember ever having heard "bonai". Are you sure? If you are sure, please, go ahead and make the correction. Otherwise I can check it within a few days, since I have Timothy McGee's book waiting for me in the mail. They tell me that this book is widely used by singers. --Tbackstr 14:03, Dec 30, 2004 (UTC)
- Uh, the McGee book doesn't have Classical Latin - just the regional ones. Somebody, help us out. --Tbackstr 18:42, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
for me, the "ai" pronunciation is better because you can distinguish things like "amice" (vocative) and "amicae" (genitive). --Revolución (talk) 18:03, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
- Ai is indeed accepted as the Classical pronunciation of ae. Alexander 007 10:49, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Iberian
What about Iberian??? --Revolución (talk) 05:42, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
- I know Spanish, but not Portuguese or Catalan or any of the other Iberian languages, so I'll guess the best I can.Cameron Nedland 13:42, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] excelsis
Is it true that the Italian Latin pronuncation of "xc" is [tʃ]? When singing in choirs, I have been told to do various things, including [kstʃ], [kʃ], [gʃ], but I have never heard the pronunciation [etʃelsis]. Lesgles (talk) 21:11, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Others
Certainly there are dozens if not hundreds of other regional versions of Latin. I personally would like to know what the Greeks sound like. Can anyone add some others?Cameron Nedland 13:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] French qu
Wouldn't this just be a 'k' sound?Cameron Nedland 02:11, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
