Talk:ငှက်ပျောသီး

Pronunciation question
[ŋəpjɔ́θí] or [ŋ̊əpjɔ́θí]? Wyang (talk) 11:19, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * According to http://www.sealang.net/burmese/dictionary.htm (you have to search for ငှက်ပျော) it's "/nga̱pjo:/ /ŋəpyɔ́/", which IPAifies into [ŋəpjɔ́] with a voiced /ŋ/. ( means "fruit" and is suffixed to the names of most or all fruits.) It's not too uncommon for originally voiceless consonants in minor syllables to become voiced, though usually when they do, the following consonant also gets voiced. So in a way I'd actually expect [ŋəbjɔ́], but that's not what the dictionary says. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 11:26, 10 January 2015 (UTC)


 * (E/C) Ah, I see Sealang has as [ŋəpyɔ́]. Derivations seem to show that this word gives the voiceless [ŋ̊] only when as second part of a compound, and is otherwise voiced with a minor first syllable. Does this voicing/reduction phenomenon occur often? Wyang (talk) 11:27, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure; another example is . —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 11:29, 10 January 2015 (UTC)