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Re: Revising my consonant inventory

From:R A Brown <ray@...>
Date:Monday, August 13, 2007, 14:55
John Vertical wrote:
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>>I have one more question, is /?_h/ possible, or would that become /h/ within >>minutes? > > Theoretically possible, but just as rare as an aspirated ejectiv (ie. not > attested at all in the wild AFAIK.)
According to the Chinese linguist, Yuen Ren Chao, it occurs in the Yunnan dialect of Mandarin. In that dialect Mandarin /k/ (Pinyin _g_) is pronounced [?], and /k_h/ (Pinyin _k_) is pronounced [?_h] -- Ray ================================== ray@carolandray.plus.com http://www.carolandray.plus.com ================================== Nid rhy hen neb i ddysgu. There's none too old to learn. [WELSH PROVERB]

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