Re: Leute (was...)

Christian Thalmann wrote:


> 'Mach', how do you write /9/ in Swiss German?  Right now, I
> use "ë", since [E] instead of [9] sounds less wrong to me
> than [2] instead of [9].  I recently considered switching
> to "æ" for /E/ and "œ" for /9/, but I'm not happy with the
> resulting typographical look, especially when doubled (and
> I do have phonemic vowel length in my lect).
>
> [haS @ 'bess@ri i'de:]?
I'm not mach, but those Swedish dialect writers who distinguish
an /9/ or /3\/ phoneme from /2/ and /8/ use ô for the open
variety (likewise û /8/ vs. u /8\/ [2_w] or [u\] and â /a/ vs. a /A/.

Some Danish writers use ø for /2/ and ö for /9/ (tho both sounds
are closer than cardinal).  Then there is Estonian which uses
õ for /7/ which was earlier not distinguished from ö /2/.

/BP 8^)
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