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)