> > >Oh yes, Zhu|'hoansi for one, IIRC. I think the voiced one comes first
> > >there. And, what's fascinating, the language contrasts it with
> > >something like /t/, /d/, /t_h/ and /t_>/. :-)
> >
> > Most remarkable! I fear I'd tend to confuse /t/, /d/, /t_>/, and /dt/,
>being
> > used to a two-way distinction...
>
>I did not remember it totally correctly, but the actual distincions
>made are not less surprising in any way:
>
>
http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/appendix/languages/zhu/zhu.html
That consonantal array is downright unsettling. Khoisan languages amaze me.
Athey
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