Re: CXS suggestions

Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> John Vertical skrev:
> >> /B\/ is already in use for the bilabial trill.
> >>
> >> Other than that, I think I would find myself in the "pro" camp for
> >> all  your other suggestions, at least at the start of the debate.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Paul
> >
> >
> > Arghh, typo. I meant /b\/.
>
> I've already used [w\] for this sound when transcribing Tibetan.
> IMHO this makes a better parallel to [v\].  Also since [p\] is
> voiceless bilabial fricative [w\] is less misleading for bilabial
> approximant.

Of course, I'm doing my darnedest to make [P] the symbol for a vl bilabial fric,
stubbornly transcribing frex Meghean _sephaph_ "my father" as [Se'PaP].

                                                            Andreas