Re: USAGE: Shaw alphabet (was Re: USAGE: Con-graphies)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 12, 2006, 15:46 |
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On 6/12/06, Tristan Alexander McLeay <conlang@...> wrote:
> I assume you are possibly confused by the difference between the IPA
> oe ligature œ and the IPA small caps oe ligature ɶ.
Yup, that was, I think, obviously the case.
> Starting from the top...
Which there was, IME, no need to do . . . :)
> IPA [ɶ] = CXS [&\] = X-SAMPA [&] is the rounded form of [a], the open
> front rounded vowel.
That is, [a] is *un*rounded, and [ɶ] is the rounded version.
Got it. My bad.
I find it odd that the IPA has no symbol for a central low vowel, or
for rounding differences in [æ] and [6]...
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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