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Re: IPA block in Unicode

From:John Vertical <johnvertical@...>
Date:Thursday, August 11, 2005, 21:42
>Herman Miller wrote: > >> *"Squat reversed esh" and "turned r with fiskhook" (&#645; &#639;): I > >> have heard that these are "retroflex vowel" and "alveolar vowel", but > >> that makes little sense. > > > >These are used for the sounds in Mandarin Chinese written as "i" in > >pinyin, in words such as "shi" and "si". Not officially part of the IPA. > >They sound like prolonged versions of [z`] and [z], but without friction.
Alright ... but then, how are they different from [r\`] and [r\]? --- Paul Roser wrote:
>The turned-h with hook symbols are *rounded* versions of #645 and #639 >above, >possibly on analogy with plain turned-h for the rounded semivowel >equivalent of [y].
Thanks. Yes, that's apparent enough now that you mention it. John Vertical _________________________________________________________________ Nopea ja hauska tapa lähettää viestejä reaaliaikaisesti - MSN Messenger. http://messenger.msn.fi

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