Re: Phaleran: the Webpage.

At 20:20 +0200 12.6.1999, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
[snippo grande]
>My Tibetan teacher was already satisfied if we'd pronouns everything
>about right, no matter the tones. He was more interested in the grammar,
>and whether we got the meaning of the little ditties of the seventh Dalai
>Lama!
And right he did!  Scholars I trust do however accept/themselves make the
analysis that Hlasa Tibetan has an aspirated/unaspirated distinction in
dental, alveopalatal and retroflex affricates, as well as in mediopalatal
stops.  Central Tibetan dialects other than Hlasa also have voiced stops
with optional prenasalization, but no aspirated counterparts, and only in
low-tone words.  Sanskrit voiced aspirates merge with these.

/BP

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