księżycowy wrote:Nero wrote:I'd probably do it - it's cheaper than the plane ticket to North Dakota
Indeed it is.
Plus Canada is nearby. When's the next Mohawk powwow? We could get together around then..(probably next spring)
księżycowy wrote:Nero wrote:I'd probably do it - it's cheaper than the plane ticket to North Dakota
Indeed it is.
Nero wrote:Let's do it! I'll start learning Mohawk, then
Nero wrote:I have the pdf in the resources thread, which seems to be very good - I'll start with that for now. Thank you for the offer
Dunbots wrote:It sounds cool. Is it just me, or are they using a retroflex tap for their "r"?
Formiko wrote:Dunbots wrote:It sounds cool. Is it just me, or are they using a retroflex tap for their "r"?
Yes, that's how it's pronounced. It's rarely trilled.
Formiko wrote:In the news above, the young girl has a horrible accent. Don't emulate her.
księżycowy wrote:'Cause the speaker on my cds sounds like she's using either a trilled r, or a normal English r (kind of hard to tell which, but I'm leaning more towards a trilled r).
Formiko wrote:Actually, it's probably both. The R is pronounced more in the back of the palate than English.
Dunbots wrote:While I don't know anything about Mohawk, [w] is considered to be a semi-vowel, so it's probably pronounced [gw] there.
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