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Re: IPA symbols

From:Josh Brandt-Young <neonwave7@...>
Date:Friday, January 8, 1999, 5:41
On Thu, 7 Jan 1999 19:16:22 PST Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
writes:

>I know that some langs contrast velar stops /k/,/q/ and /g/, /G/. >Ndizvozvo does this too, but preserves the contrast in the velar >nasals. >Does anyone know IPA symbols contrasing front and back eng's?
Note: [k] and [g] are velar, [q] and [G"] are *uvular*. The uvular nasal is represented by a small capital N in IPA, as opposed to the velar nasal which is, well, "eng." The ASCII representation varies wildly depending on which system you like. "Eng," of course, tends to be [N]; here is the other in three different systems: Kirshenbaum = [n"] Carrasquer = [N"] SAMPA = [N\] As far as the fricatives go, IPA has the following: unvoiced velar fricative = "lower-case x," or [x] in ASCII voiced velar fricative = "gamma," or [G] in ASCII unvoiced uvular fricative = "chi," or [X] in ASCII voiced uvular fricative = "inverted small capital R," or [R] in ASCII If you can describe those Shona sounds (zv and dzv) I'll try to figure out their IPA representation... (emphasize "try" :) Hope that helps! ---------- Josh Brandt-Young <neonwave7@...> http://geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6073/ "After the tempest, I behold, once more, the weasel." (Mispronunciation of Ancient Greek) ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]