Latin regional pronunciation

Under the German pronunciation of the Latin refers to the pronunciation used for Latin text, which does not coincide with the scientifically reconstructed Latin pronunciation and now also no longer with the present-day school pronunciation of Latin, but is based on rules of pronunciation of German. It is therefore primarily a tradition pronunciation. A characteristic feature is the pronunciation of the "c " before " e, i, ae, oe ." As [ ts ] rather than [k ]

The German debate, the German and Slavic languages ​​long the sole standard dar. Until about 1900 it was generally used as a school pronunciation of Latin. The German pronunciation is today - in addition to the Italian pronunciation - particularly for singing vocal music of the early modern period (eg measurement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) used. Likewise, it is needed for the remaining elements of the Latin liturgy of the Catholic Church. In Latin teaching in schools and universities you can hear them now, however, only rarely.

Vowels

In contrast to the classical Latin pronunciation obeys the distribution of long and short vowels, no complex rules; there are only guidelines. These are:

• Long vowels can stand only in stressed syllables, provided that the vowel is long at all. Example: "Romani ", the " Roman " = [ ni ː ʁo.ma. ]; " Facere ", " do ", " make " = [' fa ( ː ). Tsə.ʁə ].
• As in the (high) German is a vowel that is facing a double consonant, generally very short. Example: "stella ", " Star" = [' stɛla ]
• Vowels in open syllables are always lengthened. Examples: Latin for " globe ", " ball " = [ ɡlo ː bʊs ]
• Latin for " pink ", " Rose" = [ ʁo ː za]
• Latin for " Venus" = [ ve ː nʊs ] / [fe ː nʊs ]

As in German, there is correspondence between vowel quality ( vocal opening) and vowel quantity ( length):

Comments on this:

• The short in unstressed syllables to schwa [ ə ] attenuated (eg " facere ", " do ", " make " = [' fa ( ː ). Tsə.ʁə ], as German "Please " = [ bɪtə ] ).
• The short ( and possibly y, see below) is articulated at the end of a word also closed (for example, "Romani ", the " Roman " = [ ʁo.ma ː. Ni ], as German " Willy " = [ ʋɪli ] ). Before vowels (except ) it is like a German [j ] pronounced. Two be separated by glottal stop (eg Iulii = [ ju ː liʔi ] ).
• The that was possibly used in Latin to play the Greek Ypsilon, is spoken depending on the convention either as above or as i sound, the latter is the older version. In this case, the above i- rule for the y applies.