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Re: 'out-' affix in conlangs?

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 18:19
Quoting "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>:

> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Eugene Oh <un.doing@...> wrote: > > [beɪtsɪŋ] is probably the closest pronunciation you can get using > English > > phonemes to the actual Mandarin reading, especially taking into account the > > aspiration of the English /p/. > > Thanks. :) But I would prefer to use the Mandarin phonemes; I'm just > bad at pronouncing some of them. :) I can handle the initial > unaspirated [p], but [ɕ], with or without the [t], eludes me. > (Actually, I don't even see it on the IPA chart; I'm assuming it's the > same sound represented by [ç]...)
It isn't. In the 2005 IPA chart, you'll find the later in the palatal column of the main table, while the former hides below the main chart in the section "Consonants (co-articulated)". In the 1993 chart, it hides even further down under "Other symbols". -- Andreas Johansson