Re: [QUESTION] What does IPA L-tilde stand for?

If memory serves me correctly (there's got to be a first time for
everything...) I think it's the 'dark/swallowed' l (usually articulated as
/w/!!) found in, for instance, Polish.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan van Steenbergen" <ijzeren_jan@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:58 AM
Subject: [QUESTION] What does IPA L-tilde stand for?


> Hi there,
>
> When browsing through the set of IPA-characters, I found a strange thing:
> l (lowercase) with tilde. There is no description of it, and the X-SAMPA
> equivalent [5] is somehow missing in the X-SAMPA table.
> Does anyone know what kind of sound this is supposed to be?
>
> Jan
>
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