Re: [tlug] OT: YALQ: name of small kana following large kana

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

Jim BLACKSON wrote:

>YALQ (yet another language question)
>
>What are the small a, i, e, etc kana characters called?
>For example, the a ァ in ファイル fairu = file.
>
>Do the combination of large kana + small following kana ファ have a special name?
>
>The small ya in kya きゃ seems to be called youon 拗音
>http://www.jekai.org/entries/aa/00/no/aa00no03.htm
>
>Best regards,
>jimb.
>

Not sure what they're called, but as for imputing them, a not
universally known way is to precede them with "x", thus "xi" will get
you ぃ, "xe" will get you ぇ, etc.

Lyle