Re: Latin-alphabet transcription systems
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 30, 2004, 7:34 |
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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^)
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