Re: OT: semi-OT: names

Very good!--you're close (see end)

--- Joe <joe@...> wrote:

>
>
> > Siyo!
> > I transliterate people and place names to my
> *very*
> > strict phonology.  But I have some rules in
> > transliteration beyond the ones governing "normal"
> > transliterations (ie ones for deriving roots):
> > Initial vowel receives /h/
> > Initial /dZ/ and /tS/ transliterate as /hits/
> > To fit the phonology, the word has to end in a
> vowel.
> > In order to accomplish this, the -CV combination
> is
> > strictly codified for transliteration:
> > -da, -dla, -ha, -ka, -kwa, -li, -mi, -ni, -sa,
> -ta,
> > -tsi, -wa, -ya
8< >8

> In that case, mine is:
>
> Hitsoni Hitsosemi Hili
> [John Joseph Hill)
>
> Wanitahitsi, Hinilanidi, Hunitedi Kinidomi
> [Wantage, England, United Kingdom]
>
> I think...I'm not sure what /f/ would turn into.
Hitsoni Hitsosesa (/f/ becomes /s/, and mind your
endings!) Hili
Wanitatsi, (/dZ/ is /ts/ anywhere other than initial)
Hinilanida, Yuniteda (it starts with /j/ even though
it's spelt with a "u", so it transliterates to
"y")Kinidomi

BTW in what part of England is Wantage?

Dana
Clint


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