Re: /E~/ (was: Re: Kyrgyz was Re: Zetowvu / Ezotwuv (new conlang))

En réponse à Daniel Andreasson Vpc-Work <daniel.andreasson@...>:

>
> Well, the IPA was designed to distinguish phonemes *within* a language.
Remind me the actual name of the IPA. No, let me tell you: International
Phone*t*ic Alphabet. The purpose of the IPA is to provide with phone*t*ic
transcriptions, not phonemic ones (you needn't such a thing as the IPA to give
phonemes a mark). The IPA is designed for what you put between brackets, and
that also explains why it has also a second series of characters for sounds
that appear in speech disorders.

> It doesn't say anything about their real phonetic
> value.
If so, then the IPA has missed its goal. Phonetic marking is what it's all
about! (why all those diacritics otherwise?)

 So the argument about middle values is kinda lost.
>
Not at all. You're just wrong about the goal of the IPA.

>
> (And my cousins live in Geneva, so don't get surprised if
> you hear me say things like septante, huitante and neuvante... :)
>
"Neuvante"? I know I've heard quite often "nonante", but this one is new for
me :)) .

Christophe.

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