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Re: fortis-lenis (was: How to Make Chicken Cacciatore)

From:Trebor Jung <treborjung@...>
Date:Saturday, July 24, 2004, 20:52
Muke wrote: "You can reanalyze IPA "voiced" and "voiceless" series of
characters as fortis and lenis, and use the "voiced" and "voiceless"
diacritics to indicate voice, if such a distinction needs to be emphasized."

But this wouldn't work for all IPA characters. Cf. /m/ has no voiceless
equivalent on the chart, so what would /m_0/ represent?

Cheers,

T