User:Xana

Namepedia's founder and owner. Name's pronounced /zæna/, rhymes with banana. They or she.

To-do list

 * Make ideal page format
 * Make ideal category tree

IPA/ X-Sampa reform thingy
Letters in bold are added and non-standard in the actual IPA. Letters in italics are repurposed.

Probably better for anthologica.

Ideal symbols
Notes:


 * 1) <ᴜ> is preferred over <ʊ>, but both are fine. Likewise with <ᴁ> versus .

Notes:


 * 1) Phonemes that aren't certainly distinct or certainly possible.
 * 2) Phonemes represented in the IPA extensions, but not in most fonts.
 * 3) Coronal and uvular central approximants use upside-down versions of the respective trill symbols, but it doesn't work in most fonts.
 * 4) Coronal and uvular central flaptaps use backwards version of the trill symbols, but this it doesn't work in most fonts. <ɿ> is the ideal over <ɾ>, and a backwards lowercase  is even more preferred.
 * 5) Coronal lateral approximants use upside-down versions of the respective spirant symbols, but it doesn't work in most fonts.
 * 6) Coronal lateral flaptaps use backwards versions of the respective spirant symbols, but it doesn't work in most fonts.

Bold letters are non-standard but added here

Discouraged symbols
Includes former and nonstandard IPA symbols.