Re: "th" sounds in loanwords

Peter T. Daniels wrote: 
Harlan Messinger wrote:

Peter T. Daniels wrote:

ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx wrote:



India's Delhi would have to be spelt <Dilli> in order to be pronounced
correctly and even then, among Europeans, only Italians would pronounce
it properly with both a dental [d[] and geminate [ll].


Isn't that the capital of the Maldives?

That's Malé. Dili is the capital of East Timor. 


I considered that, but then I thought I'd remembered seeing a very long
name for the capital of East Timor.


Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei?
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