On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:40:24 +0800 Douglas Koller <laokou@...>
writes:
>Steg Belsky wrote:
>
>> Now i know that the "chinese {x}" sound is represented in IPA by the
>> "looped C", and that it's voiced equivalent is the "looped Z".
>> And the ones with T and D attached are the affricate versions?
>
>> So what are the symbols for the versions of these sounds that sound
>more
>> like /s/ and /z/ than /S/ and /Z/ ?
>I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for (are you asking about
>Chinese or just these sounds in general?), so...
I was actually just looking for the sounds in general, but thanks for the
information about the Chinese sounds.
>Mandarin does this:
>Palatal
>-------
>j /tC/ t+curly-tail c, unvoiced and unaspirated
So this is the affricative of {x} ? Is the /t/ the same whether it's
pronounced like in English, or if it's pronounced with the tongue in the
same position as the /C/ ? Which does Chinese use?
>q /tC'/ " " " " " and aspiration
>x /C/ curly-tail c
>Cantonese
>Palatals
>--------
>j /tC/
>q /tC'/
>x /C/
>jj /dC<vcd>/ d+curly-tail z
>yy /C<vcd>/ curly-tail z
>Kou
>
Thanks
-Stephen (Steg)!
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