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Lucas Werkmeister 1c4aafbbfa Add Quenya ⟨ht⟩ digraph
According to Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings, “[t]he Quenya
combination ht has the sound of cht, as in German echt, acht”. As echt
and acht do not have the same cht sound in German, I assume this means
that they are allophones in Quenya just as in German, and ⟨ht⟩ means
[çt] after front vowels but [xt] after back vowels. Add tests for both:
Telumehtar, the Quenya name of the star Orion, is given in Appendix E as
an example of ⟨ht⟩; Mahtar is the father of Nerdanel, wife of Fëanor.
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// syllable nuclei: vowels (any length) and diphthongs
.L01 i e a o u í é á ó ú î ê â ô û ui oi ai iu eu au
// front vowels (finally): after these, ht is [çt]
.L02 i e í é î ê ui oi ai
// back vowels (finally): after these, ht is [xt]
.L03 a o u á ó ú â ô û iu eu au
.replace
// turn x into cs, both because that’s how it’s pronounced
// and to free up x as a single letter for ch (see immediately below)
x cs
// turn ch, dh, th into single consonants for stress purposes
ch x
dh ð
th þ
.group a
a a
ai (+ aI
au (+ aU
// light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
a (L01X =a
a (CL01X =a
.group á
á a:
.group â
â a::
.group b
b b
.group c
c k
// recall that ch was replaced with x earlier
.group x
x x
.group d
d d
// recall that dh was replaced with ð earlier
.group ð
ð D
.group e
e e
eu (+ EU
// light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
e (L01X =e
e (CL01X =e
.group é
é e:
.group ê
ê e::
.group f
f f
f (_ v
.group g
g g
.group h
h h
L02) ht Ct
L03) ht xt
// TODO hl, hr, hw, hy
.group i
i i
iu (+ iu
// light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
i (L01X =i
i (CL01X =i
.group í
í i:
.group î
î i::
// j and k do not occur in Quenya
.group l
l l
.group m
m m
.group n
n n
.group ng
ng Ng
ng (_ N
.group o
o o
oi (+ OI
// light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
o (L01X =o
o (CL01X =o
.group ó
ó o:
.group ô
ô o::
.group p
p p
.group ph
ph f
A) ph (A f:
.group qu
qu kw
.group r
r R
.group s
s s
.group t
t t
// recall that th was replaced with þ earlier
.group þ
þ T
.group ty
ty tj
.group u
u u
ui (+ ui
// light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
u (L01X =u
u (CL01X =u
.group ú
ú u:
.group û
û u::
.group v
v v
.group w
w w
// recall that x was replaced with cs earlier
.group y
y j
// z does not occur in Quenya