Re: On the upcoming LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL Q

From: Garth Wallace <gwalla_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 16:18:24 -0800

On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Yifán Wáng <747.neutron_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Please excuse my serial posting.
>
> I recently noticed the subhead given to the LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL
> Q in the following document (at A7AF) is "Letter for representation of
> morpheme in Japanese".
> http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16381-n4778r-pdam1-2-charts.pdf
>
> However, to my knowledge, the letter is required for describing a
> "phoneme" of Japanese that isn't tied to specific "morphemes" (~
> "words"). I have contacted the original writer of the proposal:
> http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15241-small-cap-q.pdf
> and he agrees with me in this regard.
>
> Thus I suppose "Letter for Japanese phonology" would be more desired a
> heading for this character, though subheads are not normative. What
> are your thoughts?
>

AIUI it's not really a phoneme either; it represents gemination of a
following consonant. A chroneme?
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