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I adapted the new commands wrote by @Alan Munn, to produce LaTex representation for some African language symbols. However, the new commands seem to suppress the use of other symbols, which worked well before. The symbol did not work with the new commands is a backward c tone symbol, by using the package semtrans, TIPA code = \Alif A working example as below:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tipa}
\usepackage{semtrans}
\begin{document}
\begin{IPA}
aa{\Alif}
\end{IPA}
\end{document}

This example works fine as itself. If I incorporated the above code to @AlanMunn's commands, it was not able to recognize {\Alif}. The combined code as below:

% !TEX TS-program = pdflatex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{tipa}
\usepacakge{semtrans}

\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{harpoon,MnSymbol}
\newcommand{\squareharp}[1]{\overharp{\invbackneg}{#1}{1}}
\newcommand{\textbara}{\ipabar{\tipaencoding A}{.5ex}{1}{-.1}{0}}
\newcommand{\harp}[1]{\overharp{\rightharpoonup}{#1}{1}}
\newcommand{\lowaigu}[1]{#1\kern-.2em\raisebox{-1.25ex}{\'{}}}
% Next command adapted from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/49321/2693
\newcommand{\GraveAigu}[1]{\sbox0{#1}\dimen0=\ht0 \advance\dimen0 -1ex
  \sbox2{\'{}}\sbox1{\`{}}\sbox2{\raise\dimen0\box2}%
  {\ooalign{\hidewidth\kern-.05em\copy1\kern-.65\wd2\box2\hidewidth\cr\box0\crcr}}}

\begin{document}
\Huge
\begin{IPA}
\squareharp{u}
\textbara{}
\harp{e}
\harp{aa}
\GraveAigu{u}
\lowaigu{o}
aa{\Alif}

\end{IPA}
\end{document}

FYI, here is the link to my previous question about African language symbols:TIPA input for African language symbols

problem report: l.26 aa{\Alif}?

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  • Where is the Alif package to be found? It doesn't appear to be on CTAN. Also, you mention the semtrans package but it's not anywhere in your sample document. You should combine my document with the code that doesn't work into a single (possibly non-working) document that shows the problem. If I add \usepackage{semtrans} to my code, the \Alif command produces the same output as in a document without my code. – Alan Munn Feb 25 '16 at 18:06
  • Thank you! I will post the combined codes in a new question. – mxue Feb 26 '16 at 14:24
  • Don't make a new question edit this one. – Alan Munn Feb 26 '16 at 15:14
  • @AlanMunn I have edited the question, with the combined codes. Please let me know if it works for you. Many thanks! – mxue Feb 26 '16 at 15:48
  • I'm sorry I don't understand the problem. \aa{\Alif} yields å with the \Alif beside. What output are you expecting? But \aa is not the same as aa (which is what you have in your first sample code, so the output will be different. – Alan Munn Feb 26 '16 at 16:25
  • Sorry, it was a typo--it should be aa{\Alif} in the combined code as well. So if I ran the combined code, it would not give me any output. It directed me to the line of aa{\Alif} and put a question mark, as if it did not recognize this symbol. I attached a screenshot of the problem report. – mxue Feb 26 '16 at 16:50
  • Load semtrans after loading MnSymbol. – Alan Munn Feb 26 '16 at 17:02
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because the issue could be solved in comments –  Jun 13 '16 at 22:38

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