On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:31:16 -0500 Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> writes:
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:04:08 -0500, Steg Belsky
> <draqonfayir@...> wrote:
> >vowels:
> >/i/ = /i:/
> >/1/ = /i/
> >/u-/ = /u/
> >/u/ = /u:/
> >/o/ = /a/-waw
> >/O/ = /u/-alif
> >/Oj/ = /u/-yaa
> >/V/ = /u/-dotless.yaa
> >/a/ = /a:/-alif
> >/aw/ = /a:/-alif-waw
> >/aj/ = /a:/-alif-yaa
> >/&/ = /a:/
> >/&w/ = /a:/-waw
> >/E/ = /a/
> >/e@/ = /a/-dotless.yaa
> >/ej/ = /a/-yaa
> >( note: /i:/ = {kasra-yaa} ; /u:/ = {damma-waw} ; /a:/ =
> {fatHa-alif}
> Are you saying that /a:/ is fatHa-alif-alif?
> This seems to contadict some common conventons for the script
> system.
> Why not use the superscript alif for /a/?
> Basilius
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Almost... Rokbeigalmki /a/ is represented by fatHa-alif-alif. So you're
saying that i should replace that with superscript alif? Or a
superscript alif followed by an alif? And should i then use that in the
diphthongs /aw/ and /ay/?
-Stephen (Steg)
"be excellent to each other"
~ _bill and ted's excellent adventure_