Questions tagged [ipa]

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a set of characters representing every possible phoneme in human speech

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IPA usage and the deaf

[Note: I initially asked this at the Linguistics community, but was suggested to try here.] I have an adult friend who was born deaf. While I am very slowly learning sign language, we generally communicate (in Japanese) by writing messages to each…
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IPA usage and the deaf

I have a friend who is deaf. While I am very slowly learning sign language, we communicate (in Japanese) by writing message to each other. Recently, she has shown interest in learning English. She wants to write English; speaking and listening is…
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