>From: Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>
>
>Ktabta Elyse Grasso:
>
>> (u" is u umlaut)
>> Ascii Latin1 Center of gravity of the Sound possible xsampa
>> ii ii heat i: or i_i?
>> u u" hoot (rounded) u?
>
>My comment here is not on shmampa, but on spelling. When you *write* words
>by hand, |ii| and |ü|/|u"| will be definitely confused. It's almost a no-no
>in alphabet designing to have them both at one time, AFAIK.
>
I believe Estonian has both, and I would guess that the i dots are written
separately in handwriting, but the umlaut becomes a macron (if "macron" is
how we call a straight line above a vowel).
>> Elyse Grasso
>
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