Re: Niggahiita in IPA?

Dear George,

> My suggestion on how to represent niggahiita in IPA is as follows.
>
> a.m = a~a
> i.m = i~i
> u.m = u~u
> e.m = e~e
> o.m = o~o
>
> where '~' preceding a vowel means that vowel with a tilde above it, the
> standard IPA representation of a nasalized vowel. That is, niggahiita
> is phonetically a nasalized extension of the vowel which precedes it.

Thank you for the very informative post, which I had not
read at the time I replied to Rett. Would the sound
represented by the IPA's superscript tilde cover the
anusvaara as described in the article by Sharma?

> I second the proposals to represent these in IPA except I
> don't think any subscript bridge is necessary for the dental
> n).

Without the bridge [n] can represent either a dental or an
alveolar nasal. Though I haven't yet done so, I may yet
encounter some regional pronunciation where Pali n is
realized as an alveolar sound and the subscript bridge will
then be necessary for disambiguation. If I never meet
with such a thing then of course I shall happily lose the
bridge.

Best wishes,
Dhammanando