| From: | Talpas Tim <tim@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 8, 2001, 23:38 |
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# > ? or ?- as english 'th' in 'thin'
# > ? or ?- as english 'th' in 'then'
# > f- as in japanese syllable 'fu'
# > v- voiced version of above
# > ?- as scottish 'ch'
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# conventionally /T D F B x/ respectively. (but go ahead and use {f v}
# if the language does not also have labiodentals. does any natlang
# distinguish /f/ and /F/?)
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Ewe, a niger-congo language does: (tones not marked)
[efA] = he was cold
[eFA] = he polished
as well as
[EBE] = Ewe (The language)
[EvE] = two
from:
http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/course/chapter7/ewe/ewe.html
-tim
http://www.zece.com/conlang/