Re: Two questions about Esperanto

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/.

--And.

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