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Re: Linguistic Terminology

From:Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
Date:Friday, January 1, 1999, 16:48
BP.Jonsson wrote:

>> 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... >
Oooops! I knew that.... 8-) Regards, -Kristian-8-)