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Rex May wrote: > on 2/25/02 5:29 PM, uaxuctum at uaxuctum@hidden.email wrote: [...] >> <c> = /S/ -- <tc> /tS/ >> <j> = /j/ >> <x> = /Z/ -- <dx> /dZ/ >> <y> = schwa >> >> With that orthography the name of the language would >> be Tceqli. From a personal aesthetic point of view, I'd have to pick the current usage over Javier's proposal. C as /S/ and x as /Z/ is odd to me. [...] > One problem with having C be a glottal stop is that we'd have to be very > careful not to make a glottal stop elsewhere, as in the letter names 'he a, > he e', etc. And that, for me, precluded glottal stop as a phoneme. If it was rare, I think the problem would not be too great. It could be used only when needed, but still be there so that c is not unused. > Here's a weird thought. C could stand for the sound in 'bee CHew', while TX > stands for the sound in 'beeT SHoe.' Nah. Weird, yes ;) . They would confused a lot, I would think. -- Alexander Browne | alexbrowne@hidden.email Saint Paul, Minn., U.S.