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Re: Phonological terminology question

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 18, 2003, 17:54
On Tuesday 18 February 2003 2:16 pm, Daniel Andreasson Vpc-Work wrote:
> Fredrik Ekman wrote: > > If I understand your description correctly, this exists in most northern > > Swedish dialects (and in some other Swedish dialects as well). It is only > > used for a single word, "jo" /ju/, which means "yes" although it is often > > inserted into a conversation as a means of saying "I hear you, I am still > > listening" very much as an English speaker might say "uh-huh" or "yeah." > > We have it here in Stockholm as well, but probably not as > common. And now that I think of it, the sound is actually > just voiceless /ju/, but inhaled/ingressive. So IPA-wise > it would be /Cu_0/ but ingressive. I can't find a symbol > for that.
/j_0_<u_0_</? That's the closest I can get to it...