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Re: i-Mutation

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Saturday, October 30, 2004, 15:00
Hi!

Rene Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...> writes:
>... > This is the only situation in which [y] occurs. (It is a funny > coincidence that handwritten |ii| resembles |ü| ). >...
Indeed. I always found it strange that Estonian has both |ii| and |ü|. Finnish is better off with |y| instead of |ü|, which can easily be distinguished in handwriting. **Henrik