Re: Enye (Re: Makukulay)

Sylvia Knörr wrote:



There are actually, words like "ang", "nang" and "mga" for example,
Spaniards do pronounce it like "an", "nan" and "mana". You probably
would have difficulty with those as well.



Nah, we Germans have lots of words with 'ng': Gesang, Bedingung, Vergnügung,
Sprung, Fang, lang, Gong... I could go on endlessly. The only 'ng' we have
some problems to pronounce is when the 'ng' is the INITIAL sound, like in
'ngunit' or 'ngayon'.

Sorry, forgot that Germans do have it.. but a little different where it is, like you said. 

If Sangre is pronounced without the "G" sound at the end it would be
closer, Spanish have this tho'. Langit for example doesn't have the "G"
sound, the "NG" is pronouced as a single letter, like rolling your
tounge at the roof of your mouth and voice it.



You mean 'langit' as opposed to 'hanggang', where there is an extra 'g'
sound? Yes, Spanish language doesn't have it, but in German language there
are some, like 'Sprunggelenk', or 'langgestreckt'.

Some Filipinos are dropping the extra "G" sound in their spelling. it makes it a bit confusing. 

It doe not have any usefulness for the native speakers, except for loan
words or names that requires it.



Tagalog really doesn't need the tilde, not even for Spanish loan words.
Malakanyang Piggy



Yes, that is correct, Malakanyang came from "May Lakan diyan" <There is
a Lakan there(Lakan is a King of all Kings, a king is a Rajah)>, and the
Tagalog writing I use is better than the enye version, since it works
for its original.




It was a Rajah's palace before the Spaniards' time?

Post-Hispanic Piggy



Lakan is Rajahs of all rajahs, yes, it was a palace way before the Spaniards arrived.
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