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Ypsilon as a consonant in Greek
[edit]The most extreme difference is ⟨ʋ⟩, which is a vowel in Greek but a consonant in the IPA.
Is it worth mentioning that that's not strictly true? It functions as a consonant in the digraph ⟨αυ⟩ as in "αυτός". — W.andrea (talk) 17:58, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
- Removed. — kwami (talk) 10:58, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Vandalism
[edit]This page is very deformed on my screen and it has "User:Cheezdeez ON TOP" spammed in the references. I did a quick scroll through the history but couldn’t find when it was done. 2001:BB6:B84C:CF00:25D4:36E8:765A:6396 (talk) 19:58, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Funny, I don't see it, and have not noticed removal of such a thing. I seem to remember seeing a similar complaint somewhere yesterday; was that you too? —Tamfang (talk) 23:30, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- I guess it was template vandalism. — W.andrea (talk) 17:37, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- Something of the sort, and I gather it has been resolved, and the offender banned. —Tamfang (talk) 03:30, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- I guess it was template vandalism. — W.andrea (talk) 17:37, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Coptic??
[edit]I am willing to entertain the possibility that IPA derives some letters from the Coptic alphabet (though the article nowhere says so), but am confident that the Coptic alphabet is not descended from the Romic alphabet. —Tamfang (talk) 03:06, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
Changing example of language where glottal fricatives are actually bare phonation
[edit]I think it’s dumb to use the encyclopedia language as an example, and what other languages does the source list? When it’s there, I can make a change to a different language mentioned in the source. 2601:C6:D200:E9B0:81A3:2C7E:31BA:AAB4 (talk) 17:30, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
- I asked you at Talk:Duodecimal what's dumb about it. Are you prepared to give a meaningful answer this time? Or are you merely forum-shopping for someone to take your unsupported opinion seriously? —Tamfang (talk) 02:37, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Same I-don't-like-it-rationale as in Talk:Indo-European languages. It's all natural to use the encyclopedia language (as long as we can extract examples from it) for reasons of maximal familiarity to our readers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Austronesier (talk • contribs) 08:42, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
Tilde is missing?
[edit]The tilde ⟨~⟩ is often used for free variation, but it's not mentioned on this page. Should it be added, or is it not part of the IPA? I just checked the handbook and didn't see it listed, but I'm only an amateur.
Relatedly:
- Tilde § International Phonetic Alphabet covers this usage, but doesn't cite any sources
- Free variation also doesn't mention use the tilde notation
— W.andrea (talk) 17:52, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- It's used for phonetics more broadly, not just for IPA, but the same for most of the other symbols. — kwami (talk) 05:08, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
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