Re: Pronunciation of Japanese "j"
| From: | Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 5, 2003, 11:00 |
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-- Yitzik
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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
>