Comments on: Māori spelling http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/05/22/maori-spelling/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / μία γλώσσα δεν είναι ποτέ αρκετή Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:04:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Lameen http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/05/22/maori-spelling/#comment-48163 Fri, 25 May 2007 18:59:13 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/05/22/maori-spelling/#comment-48163 If my ear-based transcription isn't wrong, [φ] is exactly how is pronounced in some parts of Ireland. If my ear-based transcription isn’t wrong, [φ] is exactly how is pronounced in some parts of Ireland.

]]> by: Ruma http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/05/22/maori-spelling/#comment-48090 Fri, 25 May 2007 04:18:42 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/05/22/maori-spelling/#comment-48090 I also heard that the missionaries wrote down what they heard from toothless elders. Try to say the [hw] sound without using your front teeth as a scaffold for the top lip- sounds like [f]! Kei te korero koe i te reo Maori hoki? I also heard that the missionaries wrote down what they heard from toothless elders. Try to say the [hw] sound without using your front teeth as a scaffold for the top lip- sounds like [f]!

Kei te korero koe i te reo Maori hoki?

]]> by: Keith http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/05/22/maori-spelling/#comment-47790 Wed, 23 May 2007 01:39:50 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/05/22/maori-spelling/#comment-47790 The same question is asked by visitors to Fiji regarding the letters 'b', 'c', 'd', 'g' and 'q'. It makes it interesting to hear someone asking for directions to Nadi or Sigatoka (pronounced 'Nandi' & 'Si-nga-toka' respectively). The same question is asked by visitors to Fiji regarding the letters ‘b’, ‘c’, ‘d’, ‘g’ and ‘q’. It makes it interesting to hear someone asking for directions to Nadi or Sigatoka (pronounced ‘Nandi’ & ‘Si-nga-toka’ respectively).

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