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Re: USAGE: Adapting non-Latin scripts

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Thursday, May 25, 2006, 15:01
--- Michael Adams <abrigon@...> wrote:

> But other than for dictionaries and like, the IPA > does not seem > to be workable for any language, atleast for writing > and like?
IMHO: Phonetic alphabets are excellent tools for writing down dialects and accents but are entirely the wrong tool for writing down a language. They are far more precise than they need to be for common usage, and they are far too narrow in describing a "the" sound of a particular word which may exhibit enormous variation in the wild where the language is actually put to use. Leave IPA to the people who study language. The people who simply use it have no use for IPA and, in fact, are far better off without phonetic spelling. --gary

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Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...>