β² 561 βΌ If German was English (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by notst@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] chronotron@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) a language would sound the same when transliterated to another language permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Eh, not totally. Some languages have phonemes that are completely absent in other languages, and some phonemes (especially vowels, though sometimes consonants, eg: "r") are different enough that a transliteration can never do them justice. Although, I guess transliterating into the international phonetic alphabet would do the trick... permalink fedilink source parent
[β] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Eh, not totally. Some languages have phonemes that are completely absent in other languages, and some phonemes (especially vowels, though sometimes consonants, eg: "r") are different enough that a transliteration can never do them justice. Although, I guess transliterating into the international phonetic alphabet would do the trick... permalink fedilink source parent