Re: Phonological terminology question

Fredrik Ekman wrote:

> If I understand your description correctly, this exists in most northern
> Swedish dialects (and in some other Swedish dialects as well). It is only
> used for a single word, "jo" /ju/, which means "yes" although it is often
> inserted into a conversation as a means of saying "I hear you, I am still
> listening" very much as an English speaker might say "uh-huh" or "yeah."
We have it here in Stockholm as well, but probably not as
common. And now that I think of it, the sound is actually
just voiceless /ju/, but inhaled/ingressive. So IPA-wise
it would be /Cu_0/ but ingressive. I can't find a symbol
for that.

And thinking even more, it's common around here to add
a /p/ at the end. So you get "yup", but Swedishized,
voiceless and ingressive. /Cu_0p/. :)

Daniel Andreasson

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