John Vertical skrev:
> Tho I should mentioned that I don't really like the way all ASCII
> phonemic alphabets are just translitterations of the IPA. Especially
> when it comes to conlanging: it's too easy to just pick phonemes which
> are already well-known, instead of inventing some of your own. If there
> were actual SYMBOLS mentioned somewhere for phones like a uvular tap or
> a velar ejective lateral or non-sibilant (post/palato)alveolar
> fricatives, I bet we'd be seeing them in conlangs a lot more.
Agree wholeheartedly. I'm no big fan of IPA for typographical reasons.
OTOH the common sounds are those found in almost all human languages.
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