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

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Monday, April 29, 2002, 13:08
Lars Henrik Mathiesen scripsit:

> I think LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH TILDE is in Unicode as a precomposed > character because it's used to write Polish.
No, that's L WITH STROKE.
> The tilde also appears as > a combining diacritical mark, and that should normally be used for the > IPA diacritic (which means velarized or pharyngealized).
Yes. The L WITH TILDE has a centered tilde superimposed, not the standard tilde (above). -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

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