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> the name is pronounced Parandzem (not P'aranjem) Even with the same pronunciation, the spelling depends on the chosen romanization scheme: https://en.wikiped
by abrowne 5y ago
> the name is pronounced Parandzem (not P'aranjem)
Even with the same pronunciation, the spelling depends on the chosen romanization scheme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Armenian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Armenian
(Based on the table in that article, I think "P'aranjem" is using the ISO 9985 scheme.)
- 0xBABAD00C 5y agoI mean, I've never seen an English speaker pronounce 'j' as 'dz', but the Armenian letter ձ is pronounced exactly like 'dz' and never like 'j'. So, dare I say, ISO 9985 is wrong?
- abrowne 5y agoThe goal of a romanization isn't always to represent the pronunciation in English. They may have other goals, like a one-to-one mapping of letters between alphabets or something. English doesn't pronounce 'q' like 'ch' or 'c' like 'ts' but that's more or less what they represent in pinyin. So I agree you are right about the pronunciation. I just don't think the article claimed they were spelling it phonetically for English.
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