Re: Hindi and Farsi counting words are identical

ranjit_mathews_at_yahoo.com
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: 5 Feb 2005 06:22:59 -0800

Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
> ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > 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.

I'd have to write <kuSadAsi> for an Indian to get it right and a speech
sythesiser too would have to make the second vowel longer to get it
right.

> I said *optional*.

That it's optional is what introduces the possibility that it would be
pronounced as long. "fuzz" would be spelt <faz> and tend to be
pronounced like <gaz>.

> 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.

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