Re: Two questions about Esperanto

On Jul 9, 2004, at 9:31 AM, And Rosta wrote:

> Dirk:
>> On Jul 9, 2004, at 8:41 AM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
>>
>>> Yup, that'd be much more sensible.  That's what I do in transcribing
>>> one
>>> of my conlangs, in fact.  Does any natlang regularly use an
>>> orthography
>>> where <j>=/dz/?
>>
>> Tohono O'odham (spoken in Southern Arizona and adjacent Mexico). Some
>> examples:
>>
>> cemaj [tS1madZ] 'small'
>> ge'ej [g1?1dZ] 'big'
>> hajuñ [hadZuJ] 'cousin, relative'
>> je'e [dZ1?1] 'mother'
>> ju:k [dZu:k] 'raining'
>> nawoj [nawOdZ] 'friend'
>> wecij [w1tSidZ] '(being) young'
>
> In what sense does <j>=/dz/, though? It looks like <j>=/dZ/.
Well, now don't I feel foolish <hangs head in embarassment>. I misread
the original query (which seemed to me to be pretty obvious), and have
wasted a precious post--1 of 5 allowed me (2 if you count this one).

I don't know of any orthography which uses <j> for /dz/.

Dirk
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