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/No-Care6414 Feb 18 '25

As a turkish speaker, we fucking love shitting on the European orthographic harmony of c pronunciation.

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u/HueHueLord Feb 18 '25

The c ç s ş pairs don’t make much sense, but <ı> was a brilliant invention. 

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u/HugoSamorio Feb 18 '25

The dotless I was worth it if only for the existence of the capital dotted İ, which always brings me joy

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u/IceColdFresh Feb 19 '25

And yet Turkish still has ⟨J j⟩ as opposed to ⟨J ȷ⟩ vs. ⟨J̇ j⟩.