Musings from Kazakhstan - Revision history

Cassowary: new comment!

2006-07-16T16:30:47Z

new comment!

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	== Kazakh rounding harmony ==		== Kazakh rounding harmony ==

	; 10.07.06 13.26 : Yesterday, acquaintance said <i>üyge</i> "to home" twice loudly and I had a side profile view. It was definitely [üygö] but he protruded his lips more for [ö] than for [ü]—cf Kaun (2004)? [Which is probably A. R. Kaun. (2004). The phonetic foundations of the rounding harmony typology. ~~To appear in~~ B. Hayes, R. Kirchner, D. Steriade (Eds), ''Phonetics in phonology''. Cambridge University Press.]		; 10.07.06 13.26 : Yesterday, acquaintance said <i>üyge</i> "to home" twice loudly and I had a side profile view. It was definitely [üygö] but he protruded his lips more for [ö] than for [ü]—cf Kaun (2004)? [Which is probably A. R. Kaun. (2004). The phonetic foundations of the rounding harmony typology. B. Hayes, R. Kirchner, D. Steriade (Eds), ''Phonetics in phonology''. Cambridge University Press.]

			== Kazakh evolution ==

			; 16.07.06 21.34 : Proto-Turkic ''bu'' → Qazaq ''bul'', ''o'' → ''ol'', *''bol+''I''p'' → ''bolıp''/''bop'', ... There's other strange /l/ stuff going on—I'll try to remember/pay attention.

Cassowary: two new messages

2006-07-10T13:51:25Z

two new messages

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	These '''musings from Kazakhstan''' record things Jonathan has smessed to [[User:Cassowary\|Tristan]] while in Kazakhstan, as well as the replies necessary to understand Jon's later comments. Punctuation, IPA, abbreviations etc. have been cleaned up. Messages are presented in chronological order (unless they relate directly to an earlier conversation) and headings represent conversations. Dates & times are in something which approximates Kazakh time.		These '''musings from Kazakhstan''' record things Jonathan has smessed to [[User:Cassowary\|Tristan]] while in Kazakhstan, as well as the replies necessary to understand Jon's later comments. Punctuation, IPA, abbreviations etc. have been cleaned up, and occasional corrections made. Messages are presented in chronological order (unless they relate directly to an earlier conversation) and headings represent conversations. Dates & times are in something which approximates Kazakh time.

	==English assimilation==		==English assimilation==
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	; 28.06.06 17.07 : Today Qazaq 'i' and 'u' are sounding a lot like [ɛ] and [ɔ] respectively, or maybe [e] and [o]. 'e' and 'o' like [jɪ] and [wʊ]. [[:Image:Kazakh-tatar_vowels.png\|A little like Tatar.]]		; 28.06.06 17.07 : Today Qazaq 'i' and 'u' are sounding a lot like [ɛ] and [ɔ] respectively, or maybe [e] and [o]. 'e' and 'o' like [jɪ] and [wʊ]. [[:Image:Kazakh-tatar_vowels.png\|A little like Tatar.]]

	== Kazakh ~~phonetics (2)~~ ==		== Kazakh fricativising ==

	; 01.07.06 16.49 : I caught my host sister fricativising her /d/s in Qazaq. She was yelling upstairs, shouting slowlier each time; first [qɑzkjɪljɪt], second [qɑzir kjɪljɪðə], third with [d].		; 01.07.06 16.49 : I caught my host sister fricativising her /d/s in Qazaq. She was yelling upstairs, shouting slowlier each time; first [qɑzkjɪljɪt], second [qɑzir kjɪljɪðə], third with [d].
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	; 04.07.06 13.35 : [...] Sorry, I meant e.g. ''waqt'' → ''ubaqyt'' [uβɑχɯt]ish, like ''laq''' → ''ulaq''. Also ''baxt'' → ''baxyt'' [bɑχɯt], for contrast.		; 04.07.06 13.35 : [...] Sorry, I meant e.g. ''waqt'' → ''ubaqyt'' [uβɑχɯt]ish, like ''laq''' → ''ulaq''. Also ''baxt'' → ''baxyt'' [bɑχɯt], for contrast.

			; 10.07.06 13.14 : Hey, my Qazaq history teacher uses [ð] instead of [d] intervocalically at least, much like Tartar. By the way, Turkic languages as Sythian-Hun creole seems like an interesting possibility.

	== Kazakh and Russian ==		== Kazakh and Russian ==
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	; 02.07.06 21.03 : It's more like Russian words with Qazaq phonology when they use Russian words in Qazaq, btw, and not really true borrowings.		; 02.07.06 21.03 : It's more like Russian words with Qazaq phonology when they use Russian words in Qazaq, btw, and not really true borrowings.

			== Kazakh rounding harmony ==

			; 10.07.06 13.26 : Yesterday, acquaintance said <i>üyge</i> "to home" twice loudly and I had a side profile view. It was definitely [üygö] but he protruded his lips more for [ö] than for [ü]—cf Kaun (2004)? [Which is probably A. R. Kaun. (2004). The phonetic foundations of the rounding harmony typology. To appear in B. Hayes, R. Kirchner, D. Steriade (Eds), ''Phonetics in phonology''. Cambridge University Press.]

Cassowary: new message goodness!

2006-07-04T07:53:15Z

new message goodness!

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	== Russian /ɨ/ in song==		== Russian /ɨ/ in song==

	; 26.06.06 20.00 : [...] BTW, I found a good example of Russian /ɯ/ - download "Ty darila mne rozy (video) from Nochnayje Snajpery's site, [snipers.net].		; 26.06.06 20.00 : [...] BTW, I found a good example of Russian /ɯ/ - download "''Ty darila mne rozy'' (video)" from Nochnayje Snajpery's site, [snipers.net].

	== Kazakh phonetics (1) ==		== Kazakh phonetics (1) ==
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	; 01.07.06 22.46 : Except she was sounding stuff out carefully; [Tatar] has almost only fricatives where once were voiced stops. Qazaq has recognised [fricativisation of] /g, b/, Kyrgyz even #w → /yb/, /b/ generally [w].		; 01.07.06 22.46 : Except she was sounding stuff out carefully; [Tatar] has almost only fricatives where once were voiced stops. Qazaq has recognised [fricativisation of] /g, b/, Kyrgyz even #w → /yb/, /b/ generally [w].

			; 04.07.06 13.35 : [...] Sorry, I meant e.g. ''waqt'' → ''ubaqyt'' [uβɑχɯt]ish, like ''laq''' → ''ulaq''. Also ''baxt'' → ''baxyt'' [bɑχɯt], for contrast.

	== Kazakh and Russian ==		== Kazakh and Russian ==

	; 02.07.06 20.57 : In even recent Russian "borrowings" in Qazaq, for my host family, /f/ is [p]. Many Turkic languages don't mind [f], but Qazaq really does. /pʊnɑg(ɯ)rɑm/ for 'dubbing' guess etymology?		; 02.07.06 20.57 : In even recent Russian "borrowings" in Qazaq, for my host family, /f/ is [p]. Many Turkic languages don't mind [f], but Qazaq really does. /pʊnɑg(ɯ)rɑm/ for 'dubbing' guess etymology?

			; 02.07.06 21.09 : Yeah, phonogram. [...]

	; 02.07.06 21.03 : It's more like Russian words with Qazaq phonology when they use Russian words in Qazaq, btw, and not really true borrowings.		; 02.07.06 21.03 : It's more like Russian words with Qazaq phonology when they use Russian words in Qazaq, btw, and not really true borrowings.

	~~; 02.07.06 21.09 : Yeah, phonogram. [...]~~

Cassowary: better expansion

2006-07-04T07:22:56Z

better expansion

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	; (Tristan) : Probably a common thing to do if you have no underlying /ð/? Like Englishers fricativising /g/?		; (Tristan) : Probably a common thing to do if you have no underlying /ð/? Like Englishers fricativising /g/?

	; 01.07.06 22.46 : Except she was sounding stuff out carefully; [Tatar] has almost only fricatives where once were voiced stops. Qazaq has recognised [fricativisation of] /g/b/, Kyrgyz even #w>/yb/, /b/ ~~gen (~~w). ~~(???????)~~		; 01.07.06 22.46 : Except she was sounding stuff out carefully; [Tatar] has almost only fricatives where once were voiced stops. Qazaq has recognised [fricativisation of] /g, b/, Kyrgyz even #w → /yb/, /b/ generally [w].

	== Kazakh and Russian ==		== Kazakh and Russian ==

Cassowary: first post

2006-07-04T07:12:05Z

first post

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These '''musings from Kazakhstan''' record things Jonathan has smessed to [[User:Cassowary|Tristan]] while in Kazakhstan, as well as the replies necessary to understand Jon's later comments. Punctuation, IPA, abbreviations etc. have been cleaned up. Messages are presented in chronological order (unless they relate directly to an earlier conversation) and headings represent conversations. Dates & times are in something which approximates Kazakh time.

==English assimilation==

; 26.06.06 16.03 : 'meet' (v) - miʔmi, mitʃə, miɾɪm, mɪɾɚ, miɾɪt, miɾəs, miɾəm ... English is weird.

; 26.06.06 16.09 : 'found' (v, pst. of "find") - fawmmi, fawndʒə, fawndɪm, fawndɚ, fawndɪʔ, fawndəs, fawndəm.

; (Tristan) : You're telling me! Thought those must've been Kazakh words at first, till I realised the initial m- and f- were no coincidence.

; 26.06.06 19.17 : Qazaq doesn't even really have [f] :-P

; (Tristan) : Yeah, the phonology's what made me try to work out what else it might be! Kazakh was just a working theory till I realised [...] !

== Russian /ɨ/ in song==

; 26.06.06 20.00 : [...] BTW, I found a good example of Russian /ɯ/ - download "Ty darila mne rozy (video) from Nochnayje Snajpery's site, [snipers.net].

== Kazakh phonetics (1) ==

; 28.06.06 17.07 : Today Qazaq 'i' and 'u' are sounding a lot like [ɛ] and [ɔ] respectively, or maybe [e] and [o]. 'e' and 'o' like [jɪ] and [wʊ]. [[:Image:Kazakh-tatar_vowels.png|A little like Tatar.]]

== Kazakh phonetics (2) ==

; 01.07.06 16.49 : I caught my host sister fricativising her /d/s in Qazaq. She was yelling upstairs, shouting slowlier each time; first [qɑzkjɪljɪt], second [qɑzir kjɪljɪðə], third with [d].

; 01.07.06 16.58 : That's ''qazir keledi'', btw, meaning "she's on her way (upstairs)", lit. "now come-PRES/FUT-3rd". [...]

; (Tristan) : Probably a common thing to do if you have no underlying /ð/? Like Englishers fricativising /g/?

; 01.07.06 22.46 : Except she was sounding stuff out carefully; [Tatar] has almost only fricatives where once were voiced stops. Qazaq has recognised [fricativisation of] /g/b/, Kyrgyz even #w>/yb/, /b/ gen (w). (???????)

== Kazakh and Russian ==

; 02.07.06 20.57 : In even recent Russian "borrowings" in Qazaq, for my host family, /f/ is [p]. Many Turkic languages don't mind [f], but Qazaq really does. /pʊnɑg(ɯ)rɑm/ for 'dubbing' guess etymology?

; 02.07.06 21.03 : It's more like Russian words with Qazaq phonology when they use Russian words in Qazaq, btw, and not really true borrowings.

; 02.07.06 21.09 : Yeah, phonogram. [...]