Frictionalized diacritic

Open drammock opened this issue 10 years ago • 2 comments

Look into four cases of the frictionalized diacritic that are a bit odd: ɭ͓ njo (Ao), upsid ɖr̠͓ plt (Malagasy), upsid ɾ͓ tna (Tacana), upsid r͓̪|r͓ gug (Guarani), upsid

Apr 25 '15 04:04 drammock

Squibs in email.

Apr 25 '15 09:04 bambooforest

Notes so far:

ɭ͓ njo (Ao), upsid: voiced retroflex lateral fricative. ɮ̠ is a possibility, though not obviously better than what we have already. ɖr̠͓ plt (Malagasy), upsid: voiced affricated retroflex trill (also a voiceless one). This one is wrong, shouldn't get frictionalized diacritic. Could be ɖɽ or ɖr̠ ɾ͓ tna (Tacana), upsid: need squib. r͓̪|r͓ gug (Guarani), upsid: voiced alveolar/dental fricative trill. Apparently Czech and Kobon also have such a sound. There used to be an IPA symbol for this, prior to 1990: ɼ U+027C LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH LONG LEG. Tempting to ressurect it, to make our automatic feature assignment easier.

Apr 25 '15 10:04 drammock