Re: IPA block in Unicode

Hi!

Tim May <butsuri@...> writes:
>...
> of the block in my character map program, so people can see what the
> characters are supposed to look like without having to install the
> font:
>
> http://www.atqz73.dsl.pipex.com/language/doulos.png
Ah, now that's better.  My browser seems to have not shown them
correctly despite the installed Doulos font.  That stupid thing.

What I recognise are pre-composed glyphs for many two-character
Unicode sequences.  E.g. retroflex and palatised vowels and
consonants.  E.g.in the fifth and sixth row, the CXS equivalents would
be:

r; s; S; V; x; z; .. Z; a` A` e` E` 3`
@` i` O` u` U\ ...

Then I recognise the nasal consonants r~, 4~, s~, t~, z~, and f~.  But
why m~?  I don't know.  The 'heng with hook' is Unicode U+0267, but
this also has 'heng' without hook.

> Anyone who recognizes any of these, you should be able to match them
> to the SIL names at:
> http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=DoulosSIL_Technical#062ef8d8
Ah!  Ok, I recognised the trivial ones then.  Still, for what the
heck is a db digraph or a qp digraph used? %-|

**Henrik

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