Re: Caucasian phonologies and orthographies

Quoting Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>:

> I was thinking of words like "sherpa", "tsampa" etc.
> Are they Tibetan or Nepalese, I dunno exactly, but
> anyway, "shtempa" would look nice among them: tsampa,
> shtempa ! (roasted barley flour, I don't like you !)
>
> True, it's also much alike "Stemper" (what is it ?)
There's, to the extent my Duden can be trusted, no such word in (Modern
Standard High) German, but could very well be as far as phone*ic shape is
considered.

(For the Germanically ignorant, it would be pronounced ['StEmp6].)

"Sherpa" is Nepalese, I'm fairly sure. Don't recognize "tsampa".

                                                               Andreas

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