Re: Icelandic language (was Re: World Pidgin Suffices)

>From: Joe Mondello <Rugpretzel@...>

>Danny Wier gov ra:
>
> > Yeah, I should've thought of it... Verner's Law has [T] > [D].  So what
>do
> >  you call it when two phonemes, such as /T/ and /d/ in Icelandic, share
>an
> >  allophone, [D]?
>
>neutralization, isn't it? like in English when /t/ and /d/ are allophones
>of
>that flap (whats its symbol again?).
The non-rhotic flap is a small inverted capital J, which resembles a
lowercase r without the stem on the upper left; it's just a simple curve.

Daniel A. Wier  ¶¦¬þ
Lufkin, Texas USA
http://communities.msn.com/DannysDoubleWideontheWeb

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