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[Ltru] Re: Is 639-3 bogus ?

Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de> Wed, 11 October 2006 02:09 UTC

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John Cowan wrote:
 
> "Yrch" is in fact the Sindarin word for "orcs", the plural of "orch";
> not Black Speech at all.

Oops, I should read it again, I missed that, thanks.

>> In some cases like "aue" =/Kx'au//'ein or "gnk" //Gana I'm not sure
>> if that's as it should be, it appears to be odd.  Or maybe "//" has
>> a well-known meaning, and I just don't know what it is.
 
> /, //, and ! are letters representing various clicks in languages of
> South Africa and Namibia.

Is that ! related to u+01C3 ?  Then the others might be u+01C0..u+10C2.

Frank



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