Re: CHAT: Another NatLang i like

At 17:17 28/06/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Fakaltin=E1tas na<Christophe Grandsire>
>> 's' is pronounced /s/ or /z/ if near to a front vowel, /S/ or /Z/ if near=
 a
>> back vowel.
>
>Should those be the other way around, that is, /S/ or /Z/ near a *front*
>vowel, and /s/ or /z/ near a *back* vowel?
>
        No. At least in my mouth, /s/ is more front than /S/ (/s/ is alveolar and
/S/ is palatal). In Tj'a-ts'a~n, front vowels have nearly the same PoA as
/s/ and /z/ and back vowels are even more backed than /S/ and /Z/. It's a
kind of 'backing and fronting spread'. At least it is natural in my mouth.

>>         k'a-se-: gender prefix: human group
>
>What does the apostrophe indicate?
        It is part of the vowel. 'a is a front unrounded a (/a/) whereas a is a
back rounded a (/Q/).

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