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Index Next: Table 03 Submission 12-Mar-1998 Page: 1 Monday, March 16, 1998 Prev: Table 00 Up: Index Next: Table 03 Submission 12-Mar-1998 ISO 10646 block 02 Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms lower-mid central unrounded 0250 A inva vowel 0251 A ascr /scr a, script letter a 0251 A open back unrounded vowel opena; ScriptA 0252 A open back rounded vowel iopena 0253 A bilabial implosive pbb 0254 A half-open back rounded vowel openo 0255 A voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative loopc 0256 A voiced retroflex plosive phookd Page: 2 Monday, March 16, 1998 Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 0257 A dental or alveolar implosive pbd 0258 A upper-mid central unrounded pde vowel 0259 A schwa schwa 025A A r-colored schwa hkschwa 025B A half-open front unrounded vowel eh 025C A a variety of schwa backeh 025D A rhotacized lower-mid central vowel hkbkeh 025E A lower-mid central rounded vowel pie Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 025F A voiced palatal plosive invf 0260 A implosive velar stop pbg 0261 A voiced velar plosive openg 0262 A voiced uvular plosive smcapg 0263 A voiced velar fricative swirlv 0264 A half-close back unrounded vowel = pswirly rams horns 0265 A bilabial-palatal approximant invh 0266 A voiced glottal fricative hokh Page: 3 Monday, March 16, 1998 Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 0267 A voiceless fricative simultaneously pdh palato-alveolar and velar 0268 A close central unrounded vowel bari 0269 A close-lowered front unrounded vowel pci 026A A close-lowered front unrounded vowel smcapi (old form) 026C A voiceless lateral dental or alveolar chookl fricative 026D A retroflex lateral rhookl 026F A close back unrounded vowel invm 0270 A velar approximant pdm Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 0271 A labiodental nasal hookm 0272 A palatal nasal lhookn 0273 A retroflex nasal hookn 0274 A uvular nasal smcapn 0275 A rounded schwa baro 0276 A open front rounded vowel pfo 0277 A close-lowered back rounded vowel comega 0278 A voiceless bilabial fricative pphi Page: 4 Monday, March 16, 1998 Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 0279 A post-alveolar approximant invr 027A A alveolar lateral flap lhookl 027B A retroflex approximant pfr 027C A alveolar fricative trill pcr 027D A retroflex tap or flap hookr 027E A alveolar tap or flap invscj 027F A apical dental vowel pjr 0280 A uvular trill, tap, or flap smcapr Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 0281 A voiced uvular fricative invbkr 0282 A voiceless retroflex fricative rhooks 0283 A voiceless palato-alveolar fricative sh 0284 A implosive palatal stop pdj 0285 A apical retroflex vowel pkr 0286 A palatalized voiceless palato-alveolar pes fricative 0287 A dental or alveolar click invt 0288 A voiceless retroflex plosive rhookt Page: 5 Monday, March 16, 1998 Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 0289 A close central rounded vowel baru 028A A close-lowered back rounded vowel capomega (old form) 028B A labiodental approximant pbv 028C A half-open back unrounded vowel invv 028D A voiceless labial-velar fricative invw 028E A palatal lateral pinvy 028F A close-lowered front rounded vowel smcapy 0290 A voiced retroflex fricative rhookz Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 0291 A voiced alveolo-palatal fricative loopz 0292 A voiced palato-alveolar fricative yog 0293 A palatalized voiced palato-alveolar pfz fricative 0294 A glottal plosive glottal 0295 A voiced pharyngeal fricative backglot 0296 A alveolar lateral click invglot 0297 A alveolar median click lghook 0298 A bilabial click beye Page: 6 Monday, March 16, 1998 Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 0299 A bilabial trill pcb 029A A lower-mid front rounded vowel 029B A voiced uvular implosive pfg 029C A voiceless epiglotto-pharyngeal fricative 029D A voiced palatal fricative pej 029E A velar click (proposed) invk 029F A velar lateral approximant 02A0 A voiceless uvular implosive Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 02A1 A voiced epiglottal-pharyngeal stop pa0 02A2 A voiced epiglottal-pharyngeal pc0 fricative 02A3 A voiced dental affricate 02A4 A voiced postalveolar affricate pdd 02A5 A voiced alveolo-palatal affricate 02A6 A voiceless dental affricate 02A7 A voiceless postalveolar affricate pdt 02A8 A voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate Page: 7 Monday, March 16, 1998 Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 02B1 modifier letter small h with hook, superscript 02B4 modifier letter small turned r, superscript modifier letter small turned r with 02B5 hook, superscript 02B6 modifier letter small capital inverted R, superscript 02B9 modifier letter prime prime; prime 02BA phonetic accent '' extra high Prime; Prime 02BB C quote, single, right lsquot 02BC modifier letter apostrophe \rasp; rsquot Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 02BD modifier letter reversed comma \lasp; invlquot 02BE half-ring, right superscript, spacing diacritic 02C0 modifier letter glottal stop, small, superscript 02C1 modifier letter reversed glottal stop, small, superscript 02C2 modifier letter left arrowhead, superscript, fronted articulation 02C3 modifier letter right arrowhead, superscript 02C4 modifier letter up arrowhead, superscript 02C5 modifier letter down arrowhead, superscript Page: 8 Monday, March 16, 1998 Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 02C6 modifier letter rise-fall contour tone bar 02C6 rise-fall pitch modifier letter fall-rise contour 02C7 tone bar 02C7 fall-rise pitch 02C8 less rounded pd2 02C9 high level pitch 02CA high rising pitch 02CB high falling pitch Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 02CC secondary stress pe2 02CD low level pitch 02CE low falling pitch 02CF low rising pitch 02D0 long length 02D1 half-long plength 02D2 more rounded lsemi 02D3 stressed rsemi Page: 9 Monday, March 16, 1998 Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 02D4 D raised (in-line diacritic) highmod 02D5 D lowered (in-line diacritic) lowmod 02D6 D advanced (in-line diacritic) 02DE modifier appendage rhotic hook 02E0 modifier letter small gamma, superscript 02E4 modifier letter reversed glottal stop, superscript 02E5 modifier letter extra-high level tone pa7 bar 02E6 modifier letter high level tone bar pf7 Unicode Glyph Class STIX Name Description Synonyms 02E7 modifier letter mid-level tone bar pg7 02E8 modifier letter low level tone bar ph7 02E9 modifier letter extra-low level tone pb7 bar Prev: Table 00 Up: Index Next: Table 03 Submission 12-Mar-1998.
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