Re: Hindi and Farsi counting words are identical

From: Yusuf B Gursey (ybg_at_theworld.com)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: 4 Feb 2005 19:34:26 -0800

ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com wrote:
> Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
> > On 4 Feb 2005 17:32:09 -0800, "ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com"
> > <ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > >... and in the case of <ful>, a^ , i^ & u^ are not normally used
> any
> > >more
> >
> > Says who?
>
> I can't remember who; I read somewhere that they fell out of use a
long
> time back. Galata, Istanbul, Kus,adasi, Turk Hava Yollari, etc. don't
> have diacritics, so it isn't normal for long vowels to be marked.

these words don't have long vowels. the other diacritcs are used.

I said *optional*.

at one point the ^ was removed, butit sort of made a comeback, at least
unofficially. it is usually an optional sign, normally used only when a
confusion meaning might arise.

>
> > >, so Turks wouldn't necessarily know not to pronounce it as
[fu:l].
> > > Ergo, neither <ful> nor <fu^l> might be correctly pronounced.

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