What is "barred-L"

Mon Apr 18 11:35:40 UTC 2005

Thank you, Alan.
Probably it was heard by English speaking people as "th-l" and this could be the origin of it's transliteration as "tl".
Francisc

"Alan H. Hartley" <ahartley at D.UMN.EDU> wrote:
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Another analogy is with -thl- in English 'fifthly', a helpful--if not
quite accurate--approximation for those who don't speak Welsh or Tibetan.

Alan

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