Re: /nj/ vs. /J/ [was Re: sounds I can't find!!!]

Quoting "Isaac A. Penzev" <isaacp@...>:

> Russian has no /J/ phoneme. The only true palatal phoneme in Ru. is /j/.
> OTOH, it has /n;/ (/n_j/, if you like). And it is indeed contrasted to both
> non-palatalized /n/ and two-phoneme cluster /n;j/, as in:
> /kanak/ [kV"nak] 'New Caledonian' :: /kon;ag/ [kV"n;ak] 'old female horse
> (G.pl.)' :: /kon;jak/ [kV"n;jak] 'cognac', 'brandy'.
How did they arrive at /kanak/ for "New Caledonian"?

                                                     Andreas

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