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Re: [txeqli] Alphabet



on 2/28/02 7:28 PM, Rob Speer at rob@hidden.email wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 10:11:57AM -0700, Rex May - Baloo wrote:
>> Everybody please take a look at
>> http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/alph.htm
>> 
>> And see if it all makes sense, particularly the stress rules, and if it's a
>> sufficient guide to pronunciation and stress.
> 
> According to the other "Txeqli" page I saw, "j" would be [Z]. I liked
> that quite a bit better. Is there something wrong with using "dj" for
> [dZ]?

Essentially, it all comes from my conviction that hardly any languages
contrast /Z/ and /dZ/, and consequently only the one is included.  OTOH, the
vast majority of languages do contrast /S/ and /tS/.
> 
> If nobody will possibly accept another sound for "c", I suppose it might
> have to be [tS]. Just make sure that "tx" is then not a permissible
> cluster.

Yes. it is not.

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