--- Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> wrote:
> Since you mentioned cinquinta I have a question
> about writing nasalized
> vowels in XSAMPA.
>
> If one says cinquinta, the first n goes nasal
> automatically due to the /k/
> that follows it. Do I render it therefore as
> [tsi~kwinta] or [tsinkwinta]?
> The same applies to cinqui: [tsinkwi] or [tsi~kwi]?
Why not have your cake and eat it too? Maybe you have
/ts)iNkwinta/ phonemically and [ts)i~:kwint@]
allophonically...
Ditto /ts)iNkwi/ + [ts)i~:kwi]
P.