Re: Consonant diacritics (was: Optimum number of symbols)

Raymond Brown scripsit:

> It has also spread elsewhere; the Turks not only put the cedilla beneath
> {c} to denote /tS/, but also beneath {s} to denote /S/.  The Romanians put
> it beneath {t} to denote /ts/.
In fact, proper Romanian typography uses not a cedilla but a comma below
t and s.

> Polish uses a symbol like an acute accent over {c}, {n}, {s} and {z} to
> denote palatalization.
A little steeper than a normative acute.

> Turkish uses the breve above {g} to denote [G] or, before front vowels [j].
It's /G/ but not [G]; the phonetic realization is either zero or gemination
of the preceding vowel.

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