Vowels in Vulcan (was Re: Important Question)
Rob Zook 
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 14:28:22 -0600

At 06:44 PM 11/6/97 -0600, Saul wrote:
<snip>
>Oh, let me also point out that the example words above may not be helpful
>because of variations in dialect. It might be more helpful to come up 
>with examples from Spanish -- but I'm not as familiar with Spanish, and 
>I'm reasonably sure that it is "missing" several of these vowels.
>
>This may also help:
>
>IPA*    Modified ZC
>i       ii
>I       i
>e       ee
>E       e
>ae      a?
>A       a?

If the <a> sound in Vulcan sounds like the <a> in F. "patte", then
I think that <ae> probably comes closest. I'm no expert in French but
I took a half a year of it (split with Spanish) in Middle School, and
what I remember of it suggests this.

Rob Z.
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