Re: [wEr\ Ar\ ju: fr6m] ? Am I right??

SuomenkieliMaa wrote:


>>Something like [nihoN\], I believe.
>
> Not sure I agree about final [N] -- that represents a
> typical -ng- like in _song_ doesn't it?  Nihon/Nippon
> both end with a forceful -n-.  After [N] I can only
> see the yen symbol -- what the heck is that supposed
> to be?

A backslash.  It looks like a yen symbol to you because
your system can't tell the difference between ASCII
and JIS X 0201, which recycles the code for the
backslash character to represent a yen symbol.

Anyway, N-backslash means "small capital N", the uvular
nasal; it is much further back than N.

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