Re: Representing tones in X-Sampa; Khmer phonemes (for Tim May)

Hello,

> ObTangent: Anyone know of a lang using either of the
> diphthongs [ai\] and [a2]?
North Welsh has something along the lines of the former (assuming you
mean [i\] = [1]). The diakects that preserve the u ~ i distinction ('u'
is something I'm not sure the IPA of, but might be a mix between [I] and
[}]) also preserve it in the diphthongs, thus _tau_ 'yours' contrasts
with _tai_ 'houses' in the north but not in the south.

Pavel
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Pavel Iosad               pavel_iosad@mail.ru

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