Re: Help with IPA, Gothic

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 05:56:13PM -0500, Daniel D Hicken wrote:
> I'm working on a conlang that's essentially a daughter of Gothic;  but
> I'm at a loss for the correct IPA for the Germanic (I'm assuming)
> alveolar and uvular fricatives, the r, as well as the spanish trilled r.
? The alveolar fricatives are /s/ (unvoiced) and /z/ (voiced) in
IPA, X-SAMPA, and CXS.

The unvoiced uvular fricative is represented by a capital Chi /Χ/.
The voiced uvular fricative is represented by a vertical mirror image of
a small capital R /ʁ/.

I don't know what sound a Gothic <r> represents.

The Spanish trilled r is exactly what the IPA/X-SAMPA/CXS symbol
/r/ represents.  The other Spanish <r> sound, the untrilled flap,
is represented by a lowercase r without the serif; really, a small
capital J rotated 180 degrees: /ɾ/.  The X-SAMPA/CXS equivalent
is /4/.

> I also am at a loss to read the form of romanized gothic I have at my
> disposal.  Some figures, such as the thorn, I assume to be the /T/ but
> there are several others like the British pound sign that I have no clue
> how to read.   Can any of y'all be of service?
Hm.  I've never seen the British pound sign (£) used as a phonetic
symbol, nor does it appear in my copy of Pullum and
Ladusaw.

-Mark