Latin pronunciation in EB

[anubis88]

Mini question. The ligurians say Ligurii( they pronounce the AE as II, while the words are obviusly ae, so the should pronounce AE as in AI...
Or of course my hearing is impared, and they say what they should, but i don't notice the destinction

[ziegenpeter]

I don't get you. There is no "ae" in Ligurii... But its fascinating how modern Latin classes all around the world seem to misteach latin pronounciation. It took quite some time to find out, that "c" is always "k" and "ae" is "a-i" ,well if pronounced by pretty much any european language speaker other than an english speaker. Easiest exampel: (lat.) Caesar>(germ.) Kaiser. And "u" and "v" is the same pronounced a bit like the english "w" if before vowels.

[anubis88]

the Gaemile Liguriae clearly have ae at the end

[ziegenpeter]

Sorry, misunderstanding.

[Shadow_LT]

Thanks for clearing that up. After searching my Latin textbook I found a short note which said that romans until fall of empire always pronounced "c" as "k".

[Tiberius Gracchus]

Mini question. The ligurians say Ligurii( they pronounce the AE as II, while the words are obviusly ae, so the should pronounce AE as in AI...
Or of course my hearing is impared, and they say what they should, but i don't notice the destinction

Or it's because they speak ligurian and not latin ;-).

[jirisys]

Or it's because they speak ligurian and not latin ;-).

Actually i hear Caegmail~e Ligurie (rough pronuntiation) when they speak, not ii

[gamegeek2]

In Classical Latin, "ae" makes the sound that "ai" does in Greek and Spanish, among other languages, or "ei" in German.

[anubis88]

Sth like the I in Mike, i mean not precisly but that's how it should sound. I don't think it sounds this way :)

[Mulceber]

yep, like the i in dine. -M