# Middle english pronuciation rules (rough) # Based on "A history of the English Language" by Albert C. Baugh. # Provides a rough indication of Middle English pronunciation # before the "Great Vowel Shift". When: # Long "a" was pronounced like a in father. # Long "e" (ee) was pronounced like ai in "bait. # Long "e" (ea) was pronounced like e in eh elongated. # Long "i" was pronounced like ee in beet. # Long "o" (oa) was pronounced like o in got elongated. # Long "o" (oo) was pronounced like oa in boat. # Long "u" (ue) was pronounced like oo in boot. # Also: # short "a" was pronounced like o in British pot # short "u" was pronounced like u in full # Anglo-Norman (French) scribes frequently used "o" for short "u" [love] # In old English texts "u" and "v" are frequently switched. # # $VER: chaucer.accent 0.7 (15.Sep.96) # Middle English Alphabet %alphabet æ a b c d e f g 3 h i j k l m n o ð þ p q r s t v u w x y z %class vowel æ a e i o u y ou %class cons b c d f g 3 h j k l m n ð p q r s t þ v w x z th sh ch gh %class nds æ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o ð þ p q r s t v u w x y z %class voiced b f v g j l m n r þ w z %class suffix er e es ed ers eds ing ely ings elys %class front e i y le %class soft l m n r %class ch s c g z x j ch sh 3 gh %class new t s r d l z n j th ch sh %class subject "is " "are " "were " "be " %class Ñ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 %class Ç 0\, 1\, 2\, 3\, 4\, 5\, 6\, 7\, 8\, 9\, 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 %class null 0\, 0 %class numeric 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 \, \. %class romn i v x %class romn2 i v x l %class romn3 i v x l c %class mark ® %class spc " " %stress 1 %emphasis 4 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~romn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# $[XXX](romn+)$ = {&*® and thirty } $[XXX]$ = { thirty } $[XX](romn+)$ = {&*® and twenty } $[XX]$ = { twenty } $[LXXX](romn+)$ = {&*® and eighty } $[LXXX]$ = { eighty } $[LXX](romn+)$ = {&*® and seventy } $[LXX]$ = { seventy } $[LX](romn+)$ = {&*® and sixty } $[LX]$ = { sixty } $[XL](romn+)$ = {&*® and forty } $[XL]$ = { forty } $\®(spc*)[L](romn+)$ = {&*® and fifty } $\®(spc*)[L]$ = { fifty } $[XC](romn+)$ = {&*® and ninety } $[XC]$ = { ninety } $[VIII](mark;)$ = " IY3KGZHT " $[III](mark;)$ = " THRXDXREHEY3 " $[VII](mark;)$ = " SEH3VAXN " $[II](mark;)$ = " TWOW3 " $[IV](mark;)$ = " FUW3RXDXRX " $[IX](mark;)$ = " NIY3NAX " $[I](spc*)(mark)$ = " UH3NAX " $(mark)(spc*)[I]$ = " UH3NAX " $[VI](mark;)$ = " SIH3KS " $[V](spc*)(mark)$ = FIY4V $(mark)(spc*)[V]$ = FIY4V $[X](spc*)(mark)$ = TEH4N $(mark)(spc*)[X]$ = TEH4N $[XVIII]$ = { eighteen } $[XVII]$ = { seventeen } $[XVI]$ = { sixteen } $[XV]$ = { fifteen } $[XIV]$ = { fourteen } $[XIII]$ = { thirteen } $[XII]$ = { twelve } $[XIX]$ = { nineteen } $[XI]$ = { eleven } $\®(spc*)[CCC](romn2+)$ = {!* three hundred and ®} $\®(spc*)[CCC]$ = {!* three hundred } $\®(spc*)[CC](romn2+)$ = {!* two hundred and ®} $\®(spc*)[CC]$ = {!* two hundred } $\®(spc*)[C](romn2+)$ = {!* one hundred and ®} $\®(spc*)[C]$ = {!* one hundred } $[MD](romn2)(romn3;)(romn2*)$ = {!* fifteen hundred and ®} $[MDC](romn2)(romn3;)(romn2*)$ = {!* sixteen hundred and ®} $[MDCC](romn2)(romn3;)(romn2*)$ = {!* seventeen hundred and ®} $[MDCCC](romn2)(romn3;)(romn2*)$ = {!* ayteen hundred and ®} $[MCM](romn2)(romn3;)(romn2*)$ = {!* nuynteen hundred and ®} $[MM](romn2)(romn3;)(romn2*)$ = {!* twenty hundred and ®} $[SCENE](spc*)(romn3+)$ = {!* scene ®} $[PART](spc+)(romn3+)$ = {!* part ®} $[MARK](spc)(romn3+)\'S$ = {!* mark ®} $[MARK](spc)(romn3+)$ = {!* mark ®} $[CHAPTER](spc*)(romn3+)$ = {!* chapter ®} $[ACT](spc+)(romn3+)$ = {!* act ®} $(mark~)[¶@](romn3+)(spc+)CORPS$ = {!* ®} [\®] = #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~****~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# #cases where u and v are interchanged [AU](front) = AE3V [EU](front) = EY3V [IU](front) = IY3V [UU](front) = AO3V [YU](front) = IY3V (vowel)[U](vowel) = V $[V]M(front) = UW3 $[VM] = UHM $[V]N(front) = UW3 $[VN] = UHN $[V]P(front) = UW3 $[VP] = UHP $[V]S(front) = UW3 $[VS] = UHS (vowel)[LU](vowel) = LV (vowel)[RU](vowel) = RDXRV $[3D]$ = " THRXDXREHEY3 DEY3 " $[3RD]$ = " THIHRDXRD " #cases where 3 is used for yogh (cons)[I3](Ñ~) = IY3Y (nds)[3](Ñ~) = /HY (Ñ~)[3](nds) = /HY #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~þþþþ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# $(cons*)[þ](cons*)$ = " THOH3RXN " $[þ]$ = " THOH3RXN " (cons)(vowel+)[TH]$ = TH $[þ](vowel+)(voiced) = TH $[þ](vowel+)ð = TH $[þ](vowel+)þ = TH (vowel)[þ]$ = TH [þ] = DH #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ðððð~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# # eth, AKA "ðæt" $(cons*)[ð](cons*)$ = " EH3TH " $[ð]$ = " EH3TH " (cons)(vowel+)[ð]$ = TH $[ð](vowel+)(voiced) = TH $[ð](vowel+)þ = TH $[ð](vowel+)ð = TH (vowel)[ð]$ = TH [ð] = TH #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ æ æ æ æ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# $[æ]$ = " AE3 " [æ] = AE3 #-----------------------------------AAAAA---------------------------------# [AI] = AY4 [AY] = AY4 [A](cons)(front) = AO3 $[A]$ = " AX " [A] = AA #-----------------------------------BBBBB---------------------------------# $(cons*)[B](cons*)$ = " BEY4 " $[B]$ = " BEY3 " [BR](vowel) = BRDXR [B] = B #-----------------------------------CCCCC---------------------------------# $(cons*)[C](cons*)$ = " SEY4 " $[C]$ = " SEY3 " [CC](front) = KS [CC] = K [CL] = KL [CHR] = KRXDX E[CH]A = K A[CH]INA = K A[CH]IN = SH AR[CH]I = K [CH] = CH [CR]$ = KRDXRX [CR](vowel) = KRDXR [CR](cons) = KRDXR [CS]$ = "KS " [CT] = KT [C](front) = SS [C](vowel) = K (vowel)[C]$ = K #-----------------------------------DDDDD---------------------------------# $(cons*)[D](cons*)$ = " DEY4 " $[D]$ = " DEY3 " (cons)[IED]$ = IY3AXD [D] = D #-----------------------------------EEEEE---------------------------------# $[E]$ = " EY3 " [EY] = EH3IY @[ES]$ = AXS [EO] = EY4AO [EI] = EY3IH [EE] = EY3AH @[ED]$ = EHD [EA] = EY4 (vowel)(cons+)IT[E]$=EY4 (vowel)(cons)[E]$ = AX (vowel)(cons)[E]TY$ = AX $(cons+)[E]$ = EHEY3 $(cons)[E](cons)(vowel) = EY (vowel)(cons*)[E]R = EH [E](cons)(front) = EY3 @[E]$ = AX [E] = EH #-----------------------------------FFFFF---------------------------------# $(cons*)[F](cons*)$ = " EH3F " $[F]$ = " EH3F " [FF] = F [F] = F #-----------------------------------GGGGG---------------------------------# $(cons*)[G](cons*)$ = " JEY4 " $[G]$ = " JEY3 " [GH]$ = KZH/H [GH](vowel) = KZH/H [GH] = KZH (vowel~)[IGN] = IY4GN @[GUES]$ = GAXS @[GUE]$ = GAX [GU]Y = GIY3 [GU](vowel) = G [GR](vowel) = GRXDXR [GG] = G $[G]IR = G EN[G]I = ZH D[G])E = J [G]EO = J [G](front)(soft) = J @[G](front)$ = GZH [G] = G #-----------------------------------HHHHH---------------------------------# $(cons*)[H](cons*)$ = " AA3CH " $[H]$ = " AA3CH " (vowel)[H](vowel) = /H/H [H] = /H #-----------------------------------IIIII---------------------------------# $[I-]@ = IXQ $[I]$ = " IY4 " $[IS]LAND = IY4 $[IS]L(suffix) = IY4 (cons)[IND] = IY4ND (cons)[IMD] = IY4MD (cons)[ILD] = IY4LD [I]GH = IY5 [I]GN] = IY4 (cons)[IE]$ = IYAX [IE]N = IY3AX (vowel)(cons+)[IE] = IY2 [IE] = IY4 [I]A = IY4 [I](cons)(front) = IY4 [I] = IH #-----------------------------------JJJJJ---------------------------------# $(cons*)[J](cons*)$ = " JAA3 " $[J]$ = " JAA3 " [JJ] = J [J] = J #-----------------------------------KKKKK---------------------------------# $(cons*)[K](cons*)$ = " KAA3 " $[K]$ = " KAA3 " [KN] = KQN [KK] = K [K] = K #-----------------------------------LLLLL---------------------------------# $(cons*)[L](cons*)$ = " EH3L " [LL] = LL $[L]$ = " EH3L " (cons)[L](suffix) = UL @[L](suffix)$ = L [L]R = L [L] = L #-----------------------------------MMMMM---------------------------------# $(cons*)[M](cons*)$ = " EH3M " $[M]$ = " EH3M " [MM] = M [M] = M #-----------------------------------NNNNN---------------------------------# $[NW]$ = NUH3UH $(cons*)[N](cons*)$ = " EH3N " $[N]$ = " EH3N " (vowel)[NGU](vowel) = NXG (cons)I[NG] = NX (vowel)[NG](suffix) = NXZH (vowel)[NG](vowel) = NXG [NG] = NX [NN] = N [N] = N #-----------------------------------OOOOO---------------------------------# $[O]$ = " UW3 " [OY] = OY3 [OW] = UW3 $AB[O]VE$ = UH3 $L[O]V(suffix)$ = UH3 $SH[O]V(suffix)$ = UH3 $AB[O]UE$ = UH3 $L[O]U(suffix)$ = UH3 $SH[O]U(suffix)$ = UH3 [OU](front) = OW3V [OU] = UW5 [OO] = OW3 $[O]NE = UH3 $W[OND](suffix)$ = UH3ND $[O]NCE = UH3 $S[O]N(suffix)$ = UH3 (vowel)(cons+)[O]N$ = UH3 $S[O]ME = UH3 S[O]ME$ = UH3 S[O]M(suffix)$ = UH3 (vowel)(cons+)[O]M$ = UH3 W[O]LF = UH3 [OI] = OY3 [O](cons)(front) = OW3 (cons)[O]$ ="OW " [O] = AO #-----------------------------------PPPPP---------------------------------# $(cons*)[P](cons*)$ = " PEY4 " $[P]$ = " PEY3 " [PH] = F [PP] = P [P] = P #-----------------------------------QQQQQ---------------------------------# $(cons*)[Q](cons*)$ = " KWOW3 " $[Q]$ = " KWOW3 " [QU] = KW [Q] = K #-----------------------------------RRRRR---------------------------------# $(cons*)[R](cons*)$ = " EH3RXDHRX " $[R]$ = " EH3RXDXRX " # trilled R [WR] = WRDXR $[THR](vowel) = THRXDX $[R](vowel) = RDXR $[R](cons) = RDXR (vowel)[RR]$ = DXRDXRX (vowel)[RR](vowel) = DXRRDX (vowel)[R]$ = RDXR (cons)[R]$ = RXDXR (cons)[R](vowel) = RDXR (cons)[R](cons) = RDXR (vowel)[R](cons) = RDXR (vowel)[R](vowel) = RDXR # (vowel)[R]@ = RX [R] = R #-----------------------------------SSSSS---------------------------------# $(cons*)[S](cons*)$ = " EH3S " $[S]$ = " EH3S " [SH] = SH [SS] = S (vowel)[S]$ = Z [S] = S #-----------------------------------TTTTT---------------------------------# $(cons*)[T](cons*)$ = " TEY4 " $[T]$ = " TEY3 " [TT] = TT [T]R = T [TI]O = SIY [TIEN] = SIYUN [TI]A = SIY S[TI](vowel+)N = TIY #[TIO] = TIYAO3 $(subject)[THE]$ = DHEY4 $[THE]$ = DHEH (cons)(vowel+)[TH]$ = TH $[TH](vowel+)(voiced) = TH $[TH](vowel+)TH = TH (vowel)[TH]$ = TH [TH] = DH [T] = T #-----------------------------------UUUUU---------------------------------# $[U]$ = " OH3 " [UY] = IY3 [UO] = UHOH [UI] = UHIH [U]E = UW3 [U](cons)(front) = UW3 (vowel)[U](vowel) = V [U] = UH #-----------------------------------VVVVV---------------------------------# $(cons*)[V](cons*)$ = " VEY3 " $[V]$ = " VEY3 " [VV] = V [V] = V #-----------------------------------WWWWW---------------------------------# $(cons*)[W](cons*)$ = " DAH3BLAX AO3 " $[W]$ = " DAH3BLAX AO3 " [WW] = W [WH] = /HW [W] = W #-----------------------------------XXXXX---------------------------------# $[X]$ = " EH3KS " (vowel)[X] = KS [XX] = Z [X] = Z #-----------------------------------YYYYY---------------------------------# [Y]GH = IY5 [Y]GN] = IY4 $[Y-]@ = IXQ $[Y]$ = " WIY3 " $[YE]$ = " YEY3 " (cons)[YLD] = IY3LD (cons)[YMD] = IY3MD (cons)[YND] = IY3ND (cons)[Y](cons)(front~)=IH (cons)[Y]$ = EY [Y](cons)(front) = IY3 [Y](front)$ = IY3 [Y] = Y #-----------------------------------ZZZZZ---------------------------------# $(cons*)[Z](cons*)$ = " ZEY3 " $[Z]$ = " ZEY3 " (front)[Z]$ = S [ZZ] = Z [Z] = Z #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~****~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# ['S] = S ['T] = T ['LL] = L ['D] = D ['M] = M #-----------------------------------ÑÑÑÑÑ---------------------------------# $[$](spc*)(numeric+)(spc*)trillion = {&* dollars } $[$](spc*)(numeric+)(spc*)billion = {&* dollars } $[$](spc*)(numeric+)(spc*)million = {&* dollars } $[$](spc*)(numeric+)(spc*)thousand = {&* dollars } $[$](spc*)(numeric+)(spc*)hundered = {&* dollars } $[$](spc*)(numeric+) = {&* dollars } .(Ñ*)[0] = " ZEYROH " .(Ñ*)[1] = " UH3NAX " .(Ñ*)[2] = " TWOW " .(Ñ*)[3] = " THRXDXREHEY3 " .(Ñ*)[4] = " FOHRXDHRX " .(Ñ*)[5] = " FIY3VAX " .(Ñ*)[6] = " SIH3KS " .(Ñ*)[7] = " SEH3VAXN " .(Ñ*)[8] = " IY5KGZHT " .(Ñ*)[9] = " NIY3NAX " [¶](Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {&&& trillion } [¶](Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {&& trillion } [¶](Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& trillion } [0]0(null) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {!!0} [¶](Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {&&& billion } [¶](Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {&& billion } [¶](Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& billion } [0]0(null) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {!!0} [¶](Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {&&& million } [¶](Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {&& million } [¶](Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& million } [0]0(null) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {!!0} [¶](Ñ)(Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {&&& thousand } [¶](Ñ)(Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {&& thousand } [¶](Ç) (Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& thousand } # Three digit [000] (Ñ~) = [0](Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = [¶](Ñ)00 (Ñ~) = {& hundred } [¶](Ñ)(Ñ)(Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& hundred and } # Two digit [00] = [10] (Ñ~) = { ten } [11] (Ñ~) = { eleven } [12] (Ñ~) = { twelve } [13] (Ñ~) = { thirteen } [14] (Ñ~) = { fourteen } [15] (Ñ~) = { fifteen } [16] (Ñ~) = { sixteen } [17] (Ñ~) = { seventeen } [18] (Ñ~) = { eighteen } [19] (Ñ~) = { nineteen } [20] (Ñ~) = { twenty } [30] (Ñ~) = { thirty } [40] (Ñ~) = { forty } [50] (Ñ~) = { fifty } [60] (Ñ~) = { sixty } [70] (Ñ~) = { seventy } [80] (Ñ~) = { eighty } [90] (Ñ~) = { ninetty } [2](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& and twenty } [3](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& and thirty } [4](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& and forty } [5](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& and fifty } [6](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& and sixty } [7](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& and seventy } [8](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& and eighty } [9](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {& and ninetty } ## Modern English example #[2](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {! twenty } #[3](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {! thirty } #[4](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {! forty } #[5](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {! fifty } #[6](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {! sixty } #[7](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {! seventy } #[8](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {! eighty } #[9](Ñ) (Ñ~) = {! ninetty } [.](Ñ) = " DEHSMAXL " .(null*)[0] = " ZEYROH " (Ñ~)[0](Ñ~) = " ZEYROH " [0] = [1] = " UH3NAX " [2] = " TWOW " [3] = " THRXDXREHEY3 " [4] = " FOHRXDHRX " [5] = " FIY3VAX " [6] = " SIH3KS " [7] = " SEH3VAXN " [8] = " IY5KGZHT " [9] = " NIY3NAX " #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~****~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# [$$$] = {money} [$] = " DAA2LERDXRX " \%[%] = [%] = " PERDHRSEH2NT " [&&] = " " [&] = " AAND `" ['] = \*[*] = [*] = " AA3STEHRDXRIHSK " \+[+] = [+] = " PLAH3S " [,] = , $[-]$ = - [-] = " " //[/] = " " [/] = " SLAA2SH " [:] = ". " [;] = . [<>] = " " <[<] = [<] = " LEH3S DHAAN " ==[=] = " " [=] = " EY3KWULZ " >[>] = [>] = " GRAE3TERDHRX DHAAN `" [?] = ? [@@] = " " [@] = " AA2T " [\(] = , [\)] = , ^[^] = " " [^] = " KAE2RIHT " ~[~] = " " [~] = "TIH3LDAH " [\\] = " " [\[] = " " [{] = " " [}] = " " |[|] = " " [|] = "OHRXDHRX `" [_] = " " [`] = " " [\]] = " " [\ ] =" " #end of script