Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.

En réponse à Andreas Johansson :


>I thought 'chi' was, so to speak, the 'ti' kana?
Indeed.

>  Or are you saying that 'cho'
>or whatever is written as 'ti-yo' with a small 'yo'?
Exactly.


>So 'sh' and 'hy' contrast - [s\] vs [C]? IIRC it was said that 'sh' was [s\]
>in the last YAJPT, but that's one fine distinction!
Actually, I hear Japanese almost everyday, and "sh" is certainly [S]. I 
don't remember reading people claiming it was [s\]. If I had, I would have 
strongly complained. "shi" is clearly [Si], there's no doubt about it. 
Maybe some Japanese dialects have it different, but all the Japanese people 
I've heard so far have a very clear [S]. No problem distinguishing it from [C].

Christophe Grandsire.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang. 

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