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Re: Pronunciation of Japanese "j"

From:Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Friday, December 5, 2003, 11:00
IMHO, Japanese _j_ is [dz\], and _ch_ is [ts\] respectively.
-- Yitzik

----- Original Message -----
From: Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 6:09 PM
Subject: Pronunciation of Japanese "j"


> I was rereading Mark Rosenfelder's article on chance ressemblances between > words in different languages, and was suprise to see Japanese "j" (in > _gaijin_, specifically) described as a "dental affricate" - presumeably [dz_d] > or [dD]. Other sources give postalveolar [dZ] or even palatal [J\j\]. Anyone > nipponically enlightened out there feeling like telling me what's right? > > Andreas >