Re: [tied] Vw again

I think it's quite a good idea, but I can't imagine how can you represent those khoisan (I am wrong?) african languages with the Roman alphabet alone...

I don't even find how can you represent the whole phonetic range within the IE languages. Too many diacritics, too many digraphs, too many allophones to be aware of, etc. Besides, you say people reading the current system don't know what all those symbols mean, but what about all those extras you may need? However, I'm with you that we could find a solution, but in my opinion, we should be conscious that we cannot get to all linguistic systems.

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From: fhb

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Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:29 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] Vw again

--- Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...> wrote > It's refered to as "IPA" in English. You know, the > idea of > a new "katakana" system for English intrigues me... > Hmmm.. English katakana? Not, what I mean is just another IPA, but using only Roman characters (and therefore digraphs, since the number of Roman characters is limited). I have a webpage and, even if I could (or know how to) present IPA characters in it, most of people who read it, will not understand them. So, I use "th" por Spanish "z" or "sh" for Catalan "x". I think it would be easy if having an universal phonemic notation simpler than current IPA (at least, for non-scholar purposes). And it would be useful as well to have an universal Roman-character spell of Tchaikowsky. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Obtenga su dirección de correo-e gratis @yahoo.com en http://correo.espanol.yahoo.com

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