Re: Orthography question for the group.

JS Bangs wrote:

> John Leland sikyal:
>
> > Incidentally, does anyone know the X-sampa spellings for the sounds I
> > spell in Rihana-ye tl and hl? (I can only say they are pronounced as
> > spelled.)
>
> Most likely [tK] and [K]. Voiceless lateral fricatives is [K].
In a lot of American Indianist work, you'll see "tl" written as a l.c.
lambda with a little crossbar on the ascender.  I thought this had made it
into IPA, but am not sure and I don't have time to look now.
>
> [tK] is a neat sound.
Yes.  BTW didn't _sikyal_ in your heading used to be _sikayal_?  A recent
Vowel Deletion Rule, or have I been misreading it all along???? :-)))

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