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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by PierreAbbat (talk | contribs) at 12:54, 20 May 2002 (25 vowels in Punjabi?). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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For technical reasons (slant brackets interfere with the mechanism of Wikipedia), it is advisable to square brackets for phonemic as well as phonetic transcription in Wikipedia entries.

I think this "feature" has been removed from Wikipedia. Should this para be excised? Hari

Yes, it should be excised. Slant brackets around lowercase letters have never been a problem on Wikipedia. The mess that most of them are in was caused by the use of a buggy conversion script, which thankfully was a once-only event. --Zundark, 2002 Mar 11

25 vowels in Punjabi? I find that hard to believe. Nagari has 13 vowel letters, of which one (vocalic 'l') is used only in one Sanskrit word; the others are six vowels (aiueor) with short/long/diphthong variations. -phma

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