FW: FUPA proposal

[Johanna Laakso]

Dear Uralists,

The affricate problem is a real one since there is a discrepancy in the
system
which can't be corrected with a double letter (how should one mark a
palatalized double letter etc.). I have used the lowered-3-like letter for
voiced apical affricates and a similar letter with a loop in the descender
for
the voiceless or semivoiced lenis affricates (The Saami Languages 1998:
173).

I hope I have not disturbed the discussion with this note.

Yours truly,

Pekka Sammallahti <psammall at sun3.oulu.fi>

> Michael Everson <everson at evertype.com> wrote:
> >
> > Jouni,
> >
> > >Have you considered the possibility that somebody might use, in
> > >the same text, the "latin small letter ezh" for voiced affricates and
> the
> > >"latin letter small capital d" + "latin letter small capital z"
> > >combination for their semi-voiced, or media, counterparts? From a
> certain
> > >point of view, this means that the "latin letter small capital d + z
> > >combination" should be encoded as a separate character (just as Klaas
> has
> > >pointed out that there should be a separate Unicode character "SS"
> for
> > >writing German). - I hope I put it comprehensively enough.
> >
> > Nice question.
> >
> > In the UCS, LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH is coded at U+0292 (for the IPA
> > voiced postalveolar fricative). Now while it is true that LATIN SMALL
> > LETTER DZ DIGRAPH is coded at U+02A3 (for the IPA voiced dental
> > affricate), IPA no longer recommends the use of this digraph,
> > preferring instead just LATIN SMALL LETTER D (U+0064) and LATIN SMALL
> > LETTER Z (U+007A).
> >
> > So.... unless you can show a distinction in transcription between
> > "LATIN SMALL CAPITAL D" + "LATIN SMALL CAPITAL Z" in one word and
> > "latin small capital dz digraph" in another, I'd recommend stringing
> > them together and not creating a new character.
> >
> > The situation with "SS" being a capital form of "ß" is different, as
> > the reason it would be a good idea is to allow reversible casing
> > operations. Such is not a requirement in FUPA.
> > --
> > Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com
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