Pronunciation of letter 'v'

[Siegfried Zaytsev]

In LLPSI, Orberg pronounces v as [v], not as [w]. Why?

 

[Pacifica]

Because he didn't use the classical "restored" pronunciation but a more ecclesiastical, or medieval, or late-Latin one, or so, I presume.

 

[Godmy]

Oerberg uses the restored pronunciation for most part. But similarly as the conservative Finnish latinists (like at the radio yle), they insert some nationalisms into the pronunciation. For oerberg it's [v] in certain positions (or it rather sounds like one). Otherwise his pronunciation is the restored one (if we omit that the stress/vowel lengths are not always 100%).

 

[Edmundus]

In LLPSI, Orberg pronounces v as [v], not as [w]. Why?

In Classical Latin, Vs are pronounced as the English Ws. For example, the word for man, vir would be pronounced as weer with the R being a light trill, or a rolled r so to speak.

 

[Issacus Divus]

You do realize that the person who asked this question two years ago already understood that right?

 

[Edmundus]

You do realize that the person who asked this question two years ago already understood that right?

I do, but this is meant for active viewers

 

[pmp000]

In Classical Latin, Vs are pronounced as the English Ws. For example, the word for man, vir would be pronounced as weer with the R being a light trill, or a rolled r so to speak.

The i sound in vir is also short as opposed to weer.

 

[Edmundus]

The i sound in vir is also short as opposed to weer.

Precisely