Unicode Technical Note #29

The use of Phonetic and other symbols in Dictionaries: A brief survey

Version	1
Authors	Asmus Freytag
Date	April 12, 2006
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Summary

This Unicode Technical Note presents the result of a brief survey about the use of special symbols
to represent phonetic and other information in dictionaries. The survey intends to document
examples of typical usages, rather than provide a complete summary of existing practices.

Status

This document is a Unicode Technical Note. Sole responsibility for its contents rests with the author(s). Publication does not imply any endorsement by the Unicode Consortium.

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Contents

The body of this note is contained in the file "UTN29-DictionarySymbols.pdf".

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