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Re: Your Help Appreciated

From:DOUGLAS KOLLER <laokou@...>
Date:Sunday, May 7, 2000, 22:19
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