On 2 September 2010 20:00, Jonathan Jones
<eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
ｼ is
pronounced {cy.}, and followed by a vowel or 'y' kana, as in cusku:
シウスクウ
or シュスクウ.
The latter one should be シュスク (without ウ at the end).
To
write {si}, use スイ.
To
write {zi}, use ズイ.
スイ is more like {sui}. I suggest スィ. Likewise, ズィ for {zi}.
ジ is
pronounced {jy.} and follows the same rules as シ,
as in djica: ヅジイシャ.
or ヂシャ. {tci} can unambiguously be チ, and {dji} ヂ.
To
write {y'u}, use ハウ.
ハウ is most probably {xau} or {'au}.
{'u} is tricky. It would have to be distinguishable from {fu} and {xu}, and both Katakana and Hiragana have none for {'u} and {xu}. フ is actually {fu}, but you have assigned it to {fy}.
ワ is
pronounced {vy.}, and followed by a vowel, as in vu: ワウ.
ワ is actually {ua}. ワウ is {uau}.
The foreign {v} sound in Japanese is typically transliterated as ヴ, as in ラヴ for "love".
The 'k' kana with º is pronounced {xy.} as in xrula:
クºルウラ″ア.
That's an interesting idea. ゜ for a non-labial is never used in formal Japanese. It looks funny to the natives, so it sometimes gets used in manga for comical expressions.