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Re: OT: Help reading Indic transliteration?

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Friday, January 16, 2004, 20:11
En réponse à Mark J. Reed :


>I think you misunderstand me. I'm not saying that [r=] can't be a >syllable without becoming [r=:]. I'm just saying that a [r=] >is phonetically longer than a non-syllabic [r], because non-syllabic [r]'s - >at least the way I say 'em - are near-instantaneous in duration,
I think you're confusing [r] and [4] (trills and flaps). Trills just cannot be near-instantaneous, because they have to be trilled at least twice (otherwise you just have a flap). So in the end they are just as long, whether they are syllabic or not. With flaps [4], your point may be better. I find it myself hard to have a syllabic flap as short as a non-syllabic one. But not impossible. Just a matter of trying :) .
> far >shorter than even the shortest actual syllables in my speach.
I really think you're confusing trills and flaps here. Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.

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