13-02-2020, 12:00 AM
(This post was last modified: 13-02-2020, 12:01 AM by voynichbombe.)
(28-08-2019, 09:22 AM)ChenZheChina wrote:I mean, multi-to-multi mapping is not necessarily bad. It’s just like in English, we have c/ch/k/q, all reading /k/, as well as ch, reading /tʃ/, /k/, /ʃ/, /x/ case-by-case. How much freedom is acceptable, is another question, though.
That is called phonetic inconsistencies, the difference between writing and spelling. It's rate is very high in the english language, while it is much lower in languages that use special additions to their alphabet to denote specific spellings, e.g. turk languages.
English can drive you mad, consider the toponyme "Aldeburgh". The English pronounce it (/ˈɔːlbərə/ AWL-bər-ə), while the Americans simply would say, yes, Aldeburg (they used to have a big NATO base there, once famous for it's UFO theories, now abandoned, great to visit, mostly for the landscape and for it's music festivals).
Multi-to-multi is a no-go, before you know the underlying language for _sure.