Re: Latin vowels?

From: Radovan Garabik (garabik@melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk)
Date: Tue Sep 10 2002 - 04:10:19 EDT


On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:19:30PM -0500, Peter_Constable@sil.org wrote:
> On 09/09/2002 02:43:52 AM Marco Cimarosti wrote:
>
> >1. List "Vowels" - probably not vowels:
>
> >U+212B # (Å) ANGSTROM SIGN
>
> Given that this is canonically equivalent with a-ring, does it make sense
> to consider one a vowel but the other not?
>

ANGSTROM SIGN is a symbol. It is not meant to be pronounced,
and if it is, it is pronounced something like IMHO /ɔŋʃtrom/
Now, that is neither vowel nor consonant, but a whole word :-)

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