Re: /S/ in old and middle High German; was: Vikings

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> OK thanks.  As I said I was working from foggy memory.
> So MHG had three s-sounds much as modern Basque?
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Basque only has two! s and z.... both are s (s is [s_a], z is [s])
sounds, but there is no [z], and I doubt x = [S] counts as an s sound.
:) Also, some of the urban dialects have merged s and z now... I believe
the distinction is still alive and well in rural areas though.

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