Re: [A12n-Collab] Re: ISO 639-3 beta input form (was: Questions re ISO-639-1, 2, 3)

From: Lorna_Priest@sil.org
Date: Wed Aug 24 2005 - 13:02:32 CDT

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a12n-collaboration-bounces@bisharat.net wrote on 08/24/2005 12:51:04 PM:

> From: "Chris Harvey" <chris@languagegeek.com>
> >> * [aue] =/Kx'au//'ein (scope=I, Type=L)
> > It is my understanding that:
> >
> > / is for LATIN LETTER DENTAL CLICK (U+01C0)
> > // is for LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK (U+01C1)
> > =/ is for LATIN LETTER ALVEOLAR CLICK (U+01C2)
> > ! is for LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK (U+01C3)
> > ' is for MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE (U+02BC)
>
> I would be very curious to know how the name for [aue] can be effectively

> pronounced, when it combines all these consonnants !
> Now what does the apostrophe modify, the following vowel or the preceding

> consonnant or click ? Isn't there a better English name for it, instead
of
> this pseudo-IPA phonetic local name?

Many languages use this in their orthographies for a glottal stop.

Lorna

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