Dear Dimitri, Piya and friends,
Jim was so kind to give me a reference of the Co to the Vinaya:
<There is a good two page passage near the end of the Samantapaasaadikaa
(pp.
1399-1400) that gets into phonetics (the terms are also defined in the
Saddaniiti) and the correctness of pronunciation in legalistic matters
and there is quite a lot of detail on the various ways in which Pali
is mispronounced..>
It would be so helpful if someone could make a study of this. It is an area
I skipped in Warder, but now I see the importance of this subject (I am far
from being a Pali expert, Steven :-) ). I am not able to do it just now,
having my hands full.
Nina.