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Re: linguolabials (was: Re: Hell hath no Fury)

From:J Matthew Pearson <pearson@...>
Date:Friday, June 15, 2001, 1:16
John Cowan wrote:

> J Matthew Pearson wrote: > > > In IPA, they are represented using the regular coronal symbols ([t], [d], [n], > > etc.) with a diacritic underneath them. This diacritic looks like a flattened V > > (or an upside-down circumflex) with the ends curled down--or like a squashed > > McDonald's-style M. > > Ah, the Unicode character U+033C COMBINING SEAGULL BELOW. This > is one of the mystery marks that Unicode doesn't explain, along > with RIGHT HALF RING BELOW, INVERTED BRIDGE BELOW, SQUARE BELOW, > X ABOVE, and DOUBLE OVERLINE.
Looking at my IPA chart, here are my guesses: right half ring below = more rounded inverted bridge below = apical square below = laminal X above = mid-centralized double overline = ??? No idea what the last one could be. The 1993 edition of the IPA chart does not include a diacritic which fits this description. Maybe it's for use in indicating tone? For those not up on phonetic terminology: "More rounded" means made with greater rounding of the lips than usual (typically used of vowels), "apical" means made with the tip of the tongue, "laminal" means made with the blade of the tongue (the flat part of the tongue right behind the tip), and "mid-centralized" means made with the tongue closer to the middle of the mouth (used of vowels). Matt.