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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Collier" <petecollier@...> wrote: > Thing is, I can't imagine how best to transcribe a word-initial velar fricative (other than the Swiss <kch_>, I don't ever get to see "kch" in Swiss German spelling. We usually write /kX/ as |k|, while /k/ mostly comes from |gg| (Nuggi /'nukki/ "pacifier") or foreign |c, qu| etc (Coggi /'kokki/ "coke", Quiche Lorraine /kiS 'lor&:n/). ;o) The /X/ by itself is always written |ch|, no matter the place in the word (Chuchichästli /'XuXi,XaStli/ "kitchen cupboard"). (Note that all Swiss German spelling is subjective and unofficial, except for the Bärndütsch dialect, which has an official spelling.) > Maybe just use <ch> in initial position too, althouh that looks 'wrong' to me. For no obvious reasons. I can't think of a language where /x/ -> |ch|, but not initially. High German just doesn't have any native words starting in /x/. Though I think ['Ci:na] ~ /'xi:na/ is a legal pronunciation for China, for example. Hm. -- Christian Thalmann ['XriStiA:n 't_hAlmAn] in Züritüütsch