At 14:43 +0100 2008-06-24, A. J. Trim wrote: >Yes, rial would be better than ryal ... (unless we are saying that the y is >short, and the stress is on the second syllable.) In KS, <ia> is [i:@] and <ya> is [jæ] or [j@] depending on stress. As far as I know that should obtain in the SWF as well. -- Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com