pronoñsyajaja dë tapsari
As you may know after seeing the previous page, Tapissary is a hieroglyphic language. Below are the sounds which compose the spoken language. It is very close to French with liberal exotic touches. Accents fall on the last syllable, as in French, and also the phrase itself is generally accented at its end.
Oubiñ señ miñ conov epita vwarad stö prévi pezjët, Tapsari si beñ_iroglific azik. Odsou sé rë soñiµ jdya mozar stö vopashnou azik. Oi tre threcsis a Frañse tis leftë eyokaya jrétriµ. Açéntom tomx om rë dernier silab, oubiñ ydrou Frañse, na elswi rë fraz oyoi si jénéraldëy açénto i corshé tëfetr.
a..... father, tar, mop
añ.... nasal sound as in French: français, alimentation, entrer
b..... back, able, barn
c..... car, make, lick
ç..... match, chicken, mischief
d..... dog, dentist, middle
e..... pet, elephant, send
ë..... put, elephant, instant
ëñ.... nasal of the ë. It is like the Parisian pronunciation of un. Pronounce the ë while nasalizing it.
é..... pain, erase, later
éñ.... nasal of é. Say the é while nasalizing it. No equivalent in English or French.
eñ.... same as añ above except for the words beñ and señ where the sound is like iñ, as described below.
f..... from, if, stuff
g..... go, again, gag
h..... high, ahoy!, he
i..... eat, Peter, bee
iñ ....nasal of the e (as in pet). Say e while making it nasal and you arrive with the French sound,
-in, as in Tintin, prochain, demain
j..... pleasure, treasure, garage
k.....joke, magic, Japan
l..... land, element, milk
m..... mother, simple, might
µ..... this Greek M (mu), is used to nasalize the vowel before it, just as the ñ does. aµ is pronounced exactly the same as añ. adaµ, lazëriµ, ydeciµ
n..... son, nocturn, notice
ñ..... as noted above, the ñ makes the peceeding vowel nasal.
o..... poll, over, soda
ö.....this letter is pronounced like an o with a trailing ë. It is a dipthong so is not pronounced as 2 separate vowels. The ë gently releases the termination of this vowel.
oñ.... the nasal of the o (as in poll), such as the French words: pont, ton, oncle
ou.... food, asume, pool
ouñ... nasal of ou. There is no equivalent in English or French. Say ou while nasalizing it.
p..... person, ape, ripe
r..... a soft r , rather like Hebrew or French. The tongue lies totally flat while the back of the throat produces this sound. rotzeh, yisrael, apartement, arriver
x .....a rolled Italian or Spanish r. Paraguay, Roma, arrivederci. (In Southern Venticello, the x is pronounced like the Hebrew or Scottish CH. chanukah,, echad, loch
s..... send, assign, plaster
sh.... she, mesh, fishing
t..... test, sit, master
th.... this, either, though (but not the th sound as in thin, through, with)
u..... French u, as in tu, superbe, pure. Put your mouth in the position to pronounce oo (as in pool), but say ee (as in see).
uñ ....nasal of u. No equivalent in English or French.
v......vest, avocado, Venticello
w.....wild, wisdom, winter
x.....(see above after the letter 'r')
y.....yes, mayor, yam Note: the y is always a consonent and never a vowel. It is not pronounced 'ee'. In Tapissary, the y is often next to another consonent which produces unusual sound qualities. ex: ytalmi, ydagër, yvañ. It almost sounds like a gentle sh.
z.....zebra, easy, pose
'..... This is the glottal stop as is found in Arabic and Hebrew.
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Encisha om stö boutoñ la'rëkour atö Tapsari pezjët.
Click on the picture above for a very simple lesson.
Encisha om stö pittour onyolt fi beñ tre çaça lësoñ.
Click on the picture above to see a poem about a merman in spoken Tapissary.
Encisha om stö pittour onyolt vwar beñ poem nay beñ_oséañthxo ydrou vopashnou Tapsari.