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Re: Two questions about Esperanto

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Friday, July 9, 2004, 16:03
MJR> Does any natlang regularly use an orthography where <j>=/dz/?

DE> Tohono O'odham (spoken in Southern Arizona and adjacent Mexico). Some
DE> examples:

DE> cemaj [tS1madZ] 'small'
DE> ge'ej [g1?1dZ] 'big'
DE> hajuñ [hadZuJ] 'cousin, relative'
DE> je'e [dZ1?1] 'mother'
DE> ju:k [dZu:k] 'raining'
DE> nawoj [nawOdZ] 'friend'
DE> wecij [w1tSidZ] '(being) young'

?  I was looking for <j> = /dz/, not <j> = /dZ/.  The latter isn't that
hard to find; heck, we're currently using a language in which it's the regular
correspondence. :)

-Marcos