Re: Another X-Sampa question...

En réponse à Amanda Babcock <langs@...>:

> Another X-Sampa question... over in the uvular column, why is the turned
> R
> represented by 'R' in X-Sampa, while the simple capital R is represented
> by
> 'R\'?  Is this correct?
>
It is correct. The thing is that X-SAMPA was designed with two main
constraints: the ASCII characters had to look like the corresponding IPA
characters if possible, and commonly used characters had to be written using
simple characters, while less common characters could be written with
compounded ones. And it just happens that turned-R, representing the uvular
fricative, is much more commonly used than R, representing the uvular trill.

Christophe.

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