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Is DŽ actually ĎŽ?
To add on to what user6726 said, I'll give a summarized, concise answer.
You're half right! English "j" is not [dʒ]. But, that's because it's actually [d͡ʒ].
You're probably trying to ...
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Is DŽ actually ĎŽ?
I think your question can be rephrased as "why is the ʤ sound in English typically transliterated into Czech as dž and not ďž?" Since I don't know Czech, I can't comment on which option ...
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Is DŽ actually ĎŽ?
A sound in a language can "actually" be two things. One is, what it actually is phonologically. The other is, what it is phonetically, in this case, exactly now is it articulated? ...
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Is there a rounded /æ/? Is there a Near-open front rounded vowel?
I've seen the close-mid back vowels, rounded (ɤ) and unrounded (o), become mid back vowels by being lowered by the lowered diacritic (◌̞), becoming ɤ̞ and o̞. So the open-mid front rounded vowel (œ) ...
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Is there any reliable way to organize phonemes that aren't in the IPA?
In principle, there aren't any phonemes without corresponding symbols in the IPA. It used to be that the IPA had no symbol for a labial flap, but after it was persuasively argued that such a sound is ...
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Is there any reliable way to organize phonemes that aren't in the IPA?
Generally, you can either use diacritics (the official way), or invent your own symbols (the unofficial way). The IPA doesn't have special symbols for labiodental stops, so when field linguists ...
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