Re: /H/ (was: An Unknown Conlang)

--- John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:

[after various comments on IPA "inverted-h", the labiopalatal semivowel; and IO
had no idea it was [H] in ASCII notation...]

> (Standard) Chinese certainly has the sound; whether it is phonemic
> depends on your theory of Mandarin phonology, which is rather
> over-constrained, meaning that many theories are consistent with the facts.
> Anyway, in any syllable for the form {j,q,x}uVN, where V is a vowel, and
> N is n or ng or null, the u is pronounced [H].
Geez, I forgot about Mandarin!  I never read any source that listed /H/ as a
phoneme.  It was mentioned as the first element of a diphthong, but come to
think of it, /H/ is certainly correct.  I assume it's found in _yue_ and
_yuan_, etc...

DaW. ¶¦¬þ


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