Re: Questions about Hungarian

On 6 May 2004 21:45:16 Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:

> BTW I would not use /E/ for Finnish _ä_, but rather
> CXS /&/ (X-SAMPA /{/).  In my possibly erroneous
> understanding /E/ would rather be FUPA _e*_
> (Small epsilon).
  Originally I used /E/ for Proto-Finno-Ugric (PFU) _ä_, not for
Finnish. We don't know the exact quality of PFU _ä_, therefore I think
it's better to use a cardinal vowel from the IPA chart (and /E/ is much
more recognizable even for Uralist than X-SAMPa /{/ or CXS /&/).

  In Uralist notation _e*_ (small epsilon) is used only when it's in
opposition with _ä_, otherwise simply _ä_ is used for both X-SAMPA /E/
and /{/. (The same is true for FUPA _o_ = /o, O/ vs. "open o" = /O/.)