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Re: Linguistic Terminology

From:BP.Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Thursday, December 31, 1998, 19:47
> Indonesia, the /dZ/ and /j/ sounds was once represented by "dj" and > "j" respectively following Dutch orthographical practices. But after > a reform of the orthography, these sounds are now represented as > "dy" and "y" respectively.
> -Kristian- 8-)
Not quite. They were changed into "j" and "y" respectively. Also "tj" was changed to "c", "oe" to "u", "ch" to "kh" and "sj" to "sy". The reason the last didn't become "sh" was that the sound is only found in foreign words, and many speakers realise it as s+y; apparently for some /s/ also becomes [S] before /i/ and /j/ (i.e. "y" :) so it pretty much adds up to the same thing... /BP B.Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> ---------------------------------------------------- Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant! (Tacitus)