Re: OT: Help reading Indic transliteration?
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 15, 2004, 20:40 |
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En réponse à Joe :
>I'm not sure if that's true. I think the difference is subtler than that.
Indeed. A short [a] is enough to make a syllable. So why not [r=]?
Lengthening it is unnecessary to make it into a syllable nucleus (and
lengthening it will not necessarily make it into a syllable nucleus). Both
things are rather independent. I think Mark has just difficulties to
pronounce correctly a syllabic [r=], and has to lengthen it. Doesn't mean
it *has* to be lengthened to become syllabic.
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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