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Re: List of natlangs

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 22, 1998, 14:45
Kou wrote:

> Chung, min, and kuo, are lovely W-G
Does this mean that "Kou" is W-G? If so, I will have to start unaspirating.
> while hwa is GYRMT
More likely just a bloody spelling error.
> (ptui!).
I admit that Gwoyeu Romatzyh has its problems, but I don't think it deserves *that* degree of contempt. If we'd grown up (so to speak) on it, it would probably seem quite natural. I've gotten fairly used to Yi tonal spelling now, with "-b", "-r", and "-x" tone indicators. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)