r/linguisticshumor • u/NebularCarina I hāpī nei au i te vānaŋa Rapa Nui (ko au he repa Hiva). • Feb 17 '25

Phonetics/Phonology Pronunciation of <c>

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u/Fast-Alternative1503 waffler Feb 18 '25

I actually like Somali's choice. How else are you supposed to represent ʕ?

The two opposite ways apostrophes thing is kinda dumb honestly because it requires a ton of focus to determine the direction of the apostrophe. idk if Somali has glottal stop though

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u/Cattzar who turned my ⟨r⟩ [ɾ] to [ɻɽ¡̌]??? Feb 18 '25

[ʕ] ⟨'⟩ and [ʔ] ⟨-⟩

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u/Fast-Alternative1503 waffler Feb 18 '25

It's not bad and I've thought of this before, but c is cleaner imo