Re: A few phonetics-related q's

Quoting Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>:

> > And [anda] is what happens in Modern Greek, IIRC.
>
> Yes - tho I understand that in some dialects the nasal is lost entirely, i.
> e. /anta/ is pronounced [anda] or [ada] according to dialect.
I guess this must be the origin of the use of nu-tau for /d/ in foreign names
and words, then. It gives us wonderful things like "Donald" becoming "Ntonalnt"
(nu-tau-omicron-nu-alpha-nu-tau).

They also use mu-pi for /b/, and, IIRC, gamma-kappa for /g/.

One day I should invent a thoroughly messed-up orthography. (No, Meghean doesn't
count!)

                                                           Andreas

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