Talk:Latino sine Flexione
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The second site under "External Links", http://babel.inno.bme.hu/ , is coming up 404. But I'm leaving it there, in hopes that someone knows an updated URL.
[edit] Questions
In the vowel pronunciation section, it says "e--as in th'e'y or 'a's" but they and as are totally different sounds. I seem to recall that 'a' in 'as' or |æ| is an exclusively English sound... I doubt this is true. However, I, knowing know 'Lation sine Flexione' wouldn't know so could be wrong. Also, it says that r is the 'rr' in correct since that is 'trilled' however correct is in no way trilled in any way I've ever heard it (unless spoken with, say, a Russian accent) so I doubt this is a suitable example. Another thing, in the Latin Proverbs section, the English translations are written in noticeably middle English (ie: "to-morrow" (tomorrow) "laboureth" (labors) "thyself" (yourself) etc.) Although latin in general has an older feel, a speaker of latin would in no way feel 'transported into the past' or 'not at ease' when they heard the phrase as would an English speaker hearing "laboureth" or "theyself." For this reason, I find they should be changed. Of course, again, I am not expert on 'Latino sine Flexione' and perhaps in this language the words do take on such a feel. I simply don't know. Alexandre-Jérôme 08:30, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I am not sure if Latino sine Flexione would be considered a constructed language. Controlled language may be the more correct term. Bguest 03:51, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
- That's a good point. I'll go see what a few other people in the IAL community think and then change it to controlled language if they agree. Mithridates 15:10, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] IPA
I added the IPA pronunciationsiations based on how I thought the English example is pronounced and what I guessed the person meant in some cases. Corrections or clarification is welcome. [æ] is also found in other languages such as Scandinavian (North Germanic)Languages and Arabic, but doesn't seem very logical in this case. I put in anyway as I did with the two r pronunciations (first English (approximate), second trilled (as in Spanish or Italian). Bguest 05:07, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Now I changed the pronunciations to reflect more Italian pronunciation and less English because this is probably what was intended by the founder. I left in [æ] but removed the untrilled r because [r] is used as a symbol for r's in general anyway. Bguest 03:17, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Tables of Noun Declensions
The quick-glance tables depicting noun declension endings are not in the accepted scholarly numerical order of the actual Latin noun declensions. For example, the -is ending is in the fifth position on each table, whereas this is the third declension. I will attempt to make corrections for clarity. 65.213.77.129 (talk) 19:31, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Done. Could be slightly clearer with proper enlargements of the actual table, but I don't have the time right now to puzzle out the arcane formulations of table-making, and this is at the very least better than before. 65.213.77.129 (talk) 19:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
