r wrote:
So how many letters do we need? 50, 100, 1000?
From Wikipedia IPA article:Occasionally symbols are added, removed, or modified by the International Phonetic Association. As of 2008, there are 107 distinct letters, 52 diacritics, and four prosody marks in the IPA proper.
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