How to write sh-sound?

[Michael Everson]

You have to have a principled, and in terms of Gothic, historically defensible rationale for such choices, if you want an accurate and *authentic* system for extending the alphabet to other sounds. 

On 19 Mar 2012, at 21:13, marja erwin wrote:

> I'm not sure how Greek would do this, but I lean towards:
> 
> SH -> SJ
> 
> CH -> QJ

Perhaps TSJ. 

> KH -> X

Doesn't this go without saying?

> G/DZH -> no idea

Perhaps DZJ.

> J/ZH -> no idea

Perhaps ZJ.

Thus SJ [ʃ], TSJ [tʃ]
Thus ZJ [ʒ], DZJ [dʒ]


Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

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