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Re: Pronunciation of Japanese "j"

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Friday, December 5, 2003, 4:59
Douglas Koller, Latin & French wrote:
> Andreas wrote: > >> 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? > > > For my money, it's palatal, akin, but not identical, to Mandarin "j" > (in pinyin). Dunno how that Sampa-izes. Voiced counterpart of > Japanese "ch", which to my ear sounds like /tC/, Mandarin-esque "q". > Likewise, Japanese "sh" is /C/-ish, Madarin "x".
Really? I was under the impression that the palatal POA was dorsal.