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Re: Ê in Pinyin?

From:Jean-François Colson <fa597525@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 10:13
I don't understand why my answer has been sent to Philip Newton privately
since the other times I click on Répondre (Answer), that's the list address
which appears in the To field. Here's a copy of my answer.


On Monday, February 21, 2005 4:08 PM, Philip Newton wrote:


> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:22:34 +0100, Jean-François Colson > <fa597525@...> wrote: >> On >> http://www.eki.ee/letter/chardata.cgi?lang=zh_r+Chinese&script=romanization >> I read that the letter E with circumflex is used in Pinyin. >> Is that a mistake? >> If that's true, what's its use? > > I believe it's used for the "e" sound in "ye" (as opposed to the "e" > sound in "ke, le, ne"). > > In Zhuyin Fuhao ("Bopomofo"), those two sounds have separate letters > (and "ye" is written "i" + "ê", while e.g. "ke" is written "k" + "e"), > and I believe that "ê" is used as the name of that letter, though I > think it occurs only in the syllables "ye" and "yue" and not by itself > (whereas "e" does occur on its own).
OK. Its very limited use should explain why, unlike "ü", "ê" is not combined with any tone marks. Thanks. JF

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