OT: My reformed X-Sampa (was OT: [Q] is a vowel?! (was Re: Articulatory phonetics (was Re: THEORY: unergative)))

Merhaba!

Here's my reformed X-Sampa; the vowels are crazy, beware :)) .

Consonants

voiceless, voiced

Plosives

bilabial
p, b
dental
t, d
alveolar
s, z
retroflex
s., z.
palatal
c, C
velar
k, g
uvular
q, Q
glottal
?
epiglottal
h

Nasals
bilabial
b~
labiodental
v~
alveolar
z~
retroflex
z.~
palatal
c~
velar
g~
uvular
Q~

Trills

bilabial
b*
alveolar
z*
uvular
Q*

Taps/Flaps

alveolar tap
z;
retroflex flap
z.;

Fricatives

bilabial
p", b"
labiodental
f, F
dental
t", d"
alveolar
s", z"
postalveolar
x, j

alveopalatal
s"c`, z"c`
postalveovelar
xk"
retroflex
s.", z."
palatal
c", C"
velar
k", g"
uvular
q", Q"
pharyngeal
m, M
glottal
h, H
epiglottal
h;, H;
lateral alveolar
l", L"

Approximants

labial
p`, b`
labiodental
F`
labiopalatal
C`
alveolar
d`
retroflex
d.`
palatal
c`
velar
g`

Lateral Approximants

alveolar
z,
alveolar flap
z,;
retroflex
z.,
palatal
c,
velar
g,

Aspiration is marked with following '. Palatalization is marked with
following c`. Labialization is marked with following b`. Glottalization is
marked with following ?. Implosives are marked with following \.

Vowels

rounded, unrounded

(close)
front
i, i&
central
i@, i&@
back
i$, i&$
(between close and close-mid)
front
I, I&
back rounded
I&$
(close-mid)
front
e, e&
central
e@, e&@
back
e$, e&$
(central unrounded)
Y
(open-mid)
front
o, o&
central
o@, o&@
back
o$, o&$
(between open-mid and open)
front unrounded
O&
central unrounded
O&@
(open)
front
y, y&
back
y$, y&$

Note: (e.g.) Jung /d~.g/ represents XS /ng/ (as opposed to XS /N/).

--Trebor

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