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

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 4:38
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. -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_