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My actual new romanization I kinda doubt that for some reason but i'll try it anyway a ă b b̆ c c̆ d d̆ e ĕ f f̆ g ğ h h̆ i ĭ j j̆ k k̆ l l̆ m m̆ n n̆ o ŏ p p̆ q q̆ r r̆ s s̆ t t̆ u ŭ v v̆ w w̆ x x̆ y y̆ z z̆ <ă a ĕ e ĭ i ŏ o ŭ u y̆ y> /a a: e e: i i: o o: u u: y y:/ (or possibly the other way arou...

So more like 64 vowels. And Danish is the only language to have a low front rounded vowel. Well not 64 phonemes due to reduction and rules for the distribution of stød based on vowel length, following consonants, placement of syllabic stress, ... Also stød can be interpreted as a prosodic feature r...

Not that you have to have every possible sound, but you could have * implosives as well as ejectives * multiple vowel heights (these depend on mouth opening as much as tongue position) I have considered implosives but i left them out, i figured that what i had was enough. I didn't know the second t...

I know i haven't posted here for two days now. I apparently seem to have a hard time figuring out realistic sound changes. Does anyone know a place or a method that could help?

Hi everybody, before starting this of i want to make a few notes/disclaimers/stuff. 1. I am a newbie. While i have been poking around on here, WALS and similar places for some time, I am probably still going to make a bunch of mistakes. 2. This is intended as a learning experience for me so if you h...

Spoken Danish... the rumours are all true. We went to Copenhagen over the new year, and while understanding written Danish is doable with knowing German and English, I was unable to understand almost anything spoken (Except für Godt Nytår , because I heard that often enough ;-) ) All the rumors dud...

Rapidly spoken Danish can have some pretty crazy vowel clusters, due to a high degree of consonant reduction, sometimes even of the same vowel. Example: "Er en dyresk ueuge uu dholdelig?" (Audio recording (not sure how to write it in IPA): http://bit.ly/1DhDGaL) (The underlined part is more or less ...