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Re: Your Help Appreciated

From:John Mietus <sirchuck@...>
Date:Sunday, May 7, 2000, 19:36
DOUGLAS KOLLER spake, saying:

> From: "Carlos Thompson" > > >> Just a little nitpick in conventions. What does consonants like /kth/ > mean? >> Slanted brackets (slashes) are used to give phonetic descriptions, then >> /kth/ would mean the phonemes /k/, /t/ and /h/ (a pretty interesting > cluster >> IMO), or does /th/ mean english <th> sound? (note: angle brackets for >> orthographic conventions). In most ASCII-IPA encodings, english voiceless >> <th> is noted as /T/, or does /th/ mean aspirated /t/ (/t_h/)? > > Shameless conlang plug: > > Géarthnuns allows kth in syllable initial position, that's /kT/. Such as: > > kthédez career into > kthelez die (from a disease) > kthöileb respective > > Kou
Yes, that's what I was going for. John