Re: ISO 639-3 beta input form (was: Questions re ISO-639-1,2,3)

From: Philippe Verdy (verdy_p@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Wed Aug 24 2005 - 12:51:04 CDT

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    From: "Chris Harvey" <chris@languagegeek.com>
    >> * [aue] =/Kx'au//'ein (scope=I, Type=L)
    > It is my understanding that:
    >
    > / is for LATIN LETTER DENTAL CLICK (U+01C0)
    > // is for LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK (U+01C1)
    > =/ is for LATIN LETTER ALVEOLAR CLICK (U+01C2)
    > ! is for LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK (U+01C3)
    > ' is for MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE (U+02BC)

    I would be very curious to know how the name for [aue] can be effectively
    pronounced, when it combines all these consonnants !
    Now what does the apostrophe modify, the following vowel or the preceding
    consonnant or click ? Isn't there a better English name for it, instead of
    this pseudo-IPA phonetic local name?

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