User talk:Kwamikagami
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'Kwami' is taking a long wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia next year |
Hi Kwami, I just got your message (haven't logged in for a while). It's in the Evans article in the O'Grady and Tryon book. "The Minkin language of the Burketown region".
[edit] IPA to be improved to FA status
Hey Kwami. In case you plan on breaking your wikibreak any time soon, I'm trying to bring the article on the IPA up to featured article status. You can put up requests or comments about its improvement here. If you could, I'd appreciate your input, seeing as how you've made huge contribs to the language part of the pedia.--The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 02:56, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Trouble in Mi’kmaq-land
I'd be grateful if you'd look in on the dispute at Mi'kmaq_hieroglyphic_writing and its talk page. Evertype 16:35, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Keyboard image copyvio?
[edit] Copyright problems with Image:Dvorak keyboard2.png
/blahedo (t) 14:38, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Icelandic þ and ð
I appreciate that you are on a wikibreak so I do not expect an answer. However, I would be grateful if you could reply to my question on the edits you made concerning the pronunciation of þ and ð in Icelandic. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Phonetics#Icelandic þ and ð. Stefán Ingi 00:18, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] PNG
Done. I have recently created some geo-stubs about Papua New Guinea. I think many are still missing. PNG is beautiful country. - Darwinek 20:00, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Russian phonology reedit
I'm just letting you know that I'm in the midst of fixing up the Russian phonology page. If you have any input on the process it would be much appreciated. I noticed that your phonetic table has both hard and soft /s/ and /z/ as apical while my source (Jones & Ward 1969) list the plain set as laminal alveolar while remaining silent on the palatalized set (which could mean that they are laminal alveolar as well). I'm sure you've got sourcing that backs up your edit, but I'll adjust the article to my source and when you've got time you can yay or nay it.
- I hope you're enjoying your wikibreak. AEuSoes1 23:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image:Pine Ridge Flag.gif listed for deletion
[edit] Noun class semantics
Hi Kwami, nice to see you editing again. I thought you might be interested in a paper I wrote on Bantu noun class semantics, since it was essentially our earlier exchange on Swahili noun classes that brought me to this subject. Kind regards, — mark ✎ 10:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, Mark. I look forward to reading it when I get home. Won't be editing even this lightly much longer, but should pick up again around May. kwami 17:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Austronesian alignment
Kwamikagami,
Tks for the page on Austronesian alignment.--Ling.Nut 23:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
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- PS Would you prefer <ref> footntes or "... according to Lynch, Ross & Crowley (2002)"?
- Whichever you think works best! Nice to know it's appreciated. Now if I just have time to work on ASL grammar ... kwami 10:20, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image:Shogi_Yagura_defense.png
Hello, someone upload this image on the french Wikipédia. There are a problem because we dont know where come from this image (why this image is public domain). I would like to know if you are owner of this works ? Thanks a lot --fr:Utilisateur:bayo 13:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry to take so long to reply. It's a screen-shot I made from a freeware program you can download off the internet. kwami 12:07, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nonstandard extIPA symbols
I appreciate your efforts in preparing the excellent IPA (IPA chart 2005.png) and extIPA (extIPA.png). In the IPA chart, unofficial extensions are clearly marked. However, in the extIPA chart, as well as the extIPA article, there are some symbols that don't seem to be in the "official" ICPLA charts (2002 chart from EUROCRAN, 1997 chart from IPA). Specifically, I have no idea where the symbol for faucalized voice (Ħ, U+0126) came from; I also wonder about the supposed harsh ("!") and ventricular ("!!") voice symbols, especially as they conflict with the standard IPA postalveolar click symbol. (Other "suspicious" symbols are mainly superscript versions of standard IPA.)
Please add references regarding the additional symbols. Are they from a more recent (>2002) edition of the chart? Or are they common but unofficial extensions (in which case they should be in grey colour, as for the standard IPA chart)? Also, the extIPA chart needs to be updated to the 2002 one (see EUROCRAN link above).
I realize that you are on a wikibreak, but please look into this issue, and take any actions as needed. As always I appreciate your excellent contributions to Wikipedia.
- hi. I hope kwami doesnt mind me answering this.
- The symbols are actually from two different symbol sets: (1) the extIPA adopted by the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, (2) the VoQS (Voice Quality Symbols). The VoQS has its own chart & its symbols do not appear on the extIPA chart. The symbol for faucalized voice comes from the VoQS chart. You can see the VoQS chart here:
- * Ball, Martin J.; Esling, John H.; & Dickson, B. Craig. (1995). The VoQS system for the transcription of voice quality. Journal of the International Phonetic Alphabet, 25 (2), 71-80.
