En réponse à Mark J. Reed :
> > > á¹› (LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH DOT BELOW)
> > [r=]
>
>Ok. Is that really [r=], in other words, a lengthened trill,
Actually, = *is* the X-SAMPA mark for "syllabic". A lengthened trill would
be written [r:]. [r=] is a syllabic alveolar trill of normal length.
> and not
>the syllabic [r\] that shows up in e.g. English <butter>?
That's [r\=]. [r\] is *not* syllabic (it's the "r" in "Mary"). And your
example works only in rhotic dialects (and maybe not all of them :)) ).
> > > á¹ (LATIN SMALL LETTER M WITH DOT ABOVE)
> > That marks nasalisation.
>
>Only? No actual [m] sound, so that, e.g., <Siá¹ha> is /si~h@/?
IIRC, indeed.
Christophe Grandsire.
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