[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > John Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/02/2003 10:32:51 AM: > > > I would replace the normal termination of the main vertical stem > > of each letter, and attach the retroflex hook as a straight > > continuation of this stem (the i with retroflex hook would end up > > looking something like a reversed j). > > I take it, something like that in the attached image? > > (See attached file: I-retroflexhook.png) > (Source: Brink, Lars; J�rn Lund, Steffen Heger, J. Normann J�rgensen. 1991. > Den Store Danske Udtaleordbog. [Copenhagen:] Munksgaard Ordb�ger.)
That character, of course, doesn't represent any retroflex sound but rather a semivocalic [i] (frictionless [j]). It is part of the phonetic alphabet Dania which is still widely used in Denmark. (I believe it was invented by the renowned Danish linguist Otto Jespersen, but I might be wrong about that.) For a list of characters (without any description of their usage), see <http://www.dal.lu.se/~si/pdf/dantab.pdf>. I presume some of them (e.g., character 190 [script-g-with-hook-to-the-right]) would be candidates for inclusion in Unicode, though the majority could just be considered variant glyphs of existing characters. /Thomas -- Thomas Widmann +44 141 419 9872 Flat 3/2, 54 Mavisbank Gardens, Glasgow G51 1HL, Scotland, EU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.widmann.uklinux.net
