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Re: Betreft: Re: Jaars IPA Helper

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Thursday, January 13, 2000, 12:39
At 13:14 13/01/00 +0100, you wrote:
>At first I didn't knew too. Then I was told that Chinese (Mandarin) had >distinction unvoiced-aspirated. >Later I was told about the Dutch /z/, then I started taking notice. >Now I can hear the difference, but it is very difficult to hear. >
Oh! Now I think I can see what you're talking about. It's a distinction I hardly hear too but that I noticed with 'v' in Dutch, and that I hear as a mid-point between voiced and voiceless. Christophe Grandsire |Sela Jemufan Atlinan C.G. "Reality is just another point of view." homepage : http://rainbow.conlang.org