Latin Pronunciation

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MsyGirl
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Latin Pronunciation

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Hi, I'm new to Latin, but I speak several languages and have studied linguistics.
For (I think it's called) revived classical pronunciation, is there a glottal stop between consecutive vowels? For example, dīes - is that pronounced [dīes] or [dīʔes]?

Aulus
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Re: Latin Pronunciation

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No one reconstructs glottal stops for Latin, no.

So diēs (the macron goes on the e) would be [ˈdi.eːs].

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Re: Latin Pronunciation

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Awesome. Thank you!

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