Re: Pronunciation keys

Hello,

 Yes, I know Hangul is an alphabet. But the symbols were designed to be
organized according to phonemic properties and somewhat resemble mouth shape.
For example, an added horizontal stroke indicates aspiration. (g -> k) If you
write the letter for /s/ and add a stroke, it symbolizes the roof of your mouth
and turns it into an affricate (showing that the tongue touches the roof of
your mouth). Also, the symbols for velar and coronal consanants are supposed to
be side views of the tongue. (Although Hangul for all practical purposes is an
alphabet.)

 Systems like Pike's system use a string of letters to show a sound (rather
inefficient, I must admit). This does not require a new character set for
computers. Each letter shows information about a component of the sound. All
together the sequence of letters accurately describes how the sound is made.

  -Leon

"Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:  On 1/29/07, Leon Lin  wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>   I personally wish that the standard was an iconic or
> analphabetic  (terms found on Wikipedia's "Phonetic transcription") system,
> which  would be less biased toward European languages. Perhaps something
> like  Hangul.

Huh?  Hangul *is* an alphabet, for one thing.  And do you have a suggestion
that doesn't involve creating a whole new symbol set?  Bopomofo, maybe?

(confused)


--
Mark J. Reed



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