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Re: Latin-alphabet transcription systems

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Friday, January 30, 2004, 7:34
At 07:31 29.1.2004, Herman Miller wrote:

>On the other hand, the Latin alphabet doesn't have nearly enough vowels, >and the IPA symbols for retroflex sounds are convenient. So it's possible >that a mixed system of mostly Latin letters with some IPA might be a good >compromise.
And cool to boot! Why not? It is essentially the same as some African languages do. /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.se (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /'Aestan ~\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)

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