Re: Phonology question

On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Patrick Dunn wrote:

> Okay, a sound has popped up in my new language and I don't know what to
> call it.
>
> I'd call it an alveolar fricative, but I already have /s/.
>
> It's like a /t/, except the tongue is relaxed, arched slightly so the very
> tip touches the alveolar ridge.  Sounds a bit like a whistle, and it
> occurs at the end of words in my new language.
Sounds like a (drum roll, please) ... voiceless alveolar retroflex
fricative (tada!). A very nice sound to have. The whistle tipped me off
to its retroflex status, in case you're wondering.

Dirk

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Dirk Elzinga
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