Re: Xhosa?
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 24, 2001, 23:45 |
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Quoting Colin Halverson <CHalvrson@...>:
> I was wondering if anyone knows how many/which letters stand for/how to
> say the clicks or clucks of Xhosa (or any other language for that matter).
> Is there an IPA or whatever for these kind of sounds?
(Shoulda answered your question in its entirety.)
Yes, there is. And, appropriately enough, the IPA symbols for
various kinds of clicks tend to look the weirdest of the IPA, too:
<http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/gifs/nonpulmonic.gif>
The rest of the symbols can be found via:
<http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/fullchart.html>
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Thomas Wier <trwier@...>
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