Re: Linguistic Terminology

> 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@...>
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