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Voiced Labial–palatal Approximant
The voiced labial–palatal (or labio-palatal) approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages, for example, French , read as ¥itjÉ›m It has two constrictions in the vocal tract: with the tongue on the palate, and rounded at the lips. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , a rotated lowercase letter , or occasionally , which indicates with a different kind of rounding. The labial–palatal approximant can in many cases be considered the semivocalic equivalent of the close front rounded vowel . They alternate with each other in certain languages, such as French, and in the diphthongs of some languages, and with the non-syllabic diacritic are used in different transcription systems to represent the same sound. Sometimes,See e.g. is written in place of , even though the former symbol denotes an extra-short in the official IPA. Some languages, though, have a palatal approximant that is unspecified for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Franklin's Phonetic Alphabet
Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet was Benjamin Franklin's proposal for a English spelling reform, spelling reform of the English language. The alphabet was based on the Latin alphabet used in English, though with several additional letters that Franklin newly invented. The alphabet Franklin modified the standard English alphabet by omitting the letters c, j, q, w, x, and y, and adding new letters to explicitly represent the open-mid back Open-mid back rounded vowel, rounded and Open-mid back unrounded vowel, unrounded vowels, and the consonants Voiceless postalveolar fricative, sh , Voiced velar nasal, ng , Voiced dental fricative, dh , and Voiceless dental fricative, th . It was one of the earlier proposed spelling reforms to the English language. The alphabet consisted of 26 letters in the following order: Other English phonemes are represented as follows: * is represented as ''hu'' (as in ''huɥi'' for ''why''). * is represented as ''ɥi'' (as in ''ɥiz'' for ''eyes''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |