Re: Lingwa de Planeta (LdP) introductory course

>From: lingwadeplaneta <lingwadeplaneta@...>
>
>> Just one more remark. In the Russian "delat'" the first "d" is
>> palatalized, and in fact what is pronounced is [dz'elat'].
>> So this Chinese word [dzuo] sounds partly similar not only to the
>> English "do", but also to the Russian equivalent. This is why I think
>> it is very good for its role.
>
>I appreciate the efforts to include our Oriental brethren into an
international language (heretofore not done with similar exercises), really
I do. But are the contributors actually familiar with Chinese? Pinyin "zuo4"
is /dzwO/, which means that the only common thread between any of these
words is "d."

>Kou
Hold on guys, isn't Chinese supposed to contrast *tenuis vs aspirated*
stops, not voiced vs voiceless? Ie <c z> = /ts_h ts/? Or is there a voicing
rule for the unaspirated series which I don't kno of?

John Vertical

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