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Re: conlan/natlang coincidences

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Thursday, June 26, 2003, 10:27
Hi!

Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> writes:
> I was told (by a Korean from Seoul), that Modern Korean has phonemic vowels > length.
I should add: is that true? And if so, then ...
> Is that reflected in the new romanisation?
That guy told me it was one of the reasons (apart from chaos^H^H^H^H^Hpersonal taste) that some Korean names are written with -i-, some with -ee-, some with -u- some with -oo- when written in English. **Henrik

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John Leland <leland@...>