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Re: Rhyming Conlangs

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Sunday, October 14, 2001, 17:26
In a message dated 10/14/01 5:42:39 AM, irina@VALDYAS.ORG writes:

<< (I'd probably hear 'alien nation' as 'alienation' in

the first case) >>

    HEY!!!  That's a minimal pair with alveolar nasal stop and alveolar nasal
tap!  Let's see if I can transcribe:

"alien nation": ['e5ijIneSIn]
"alienation": ['e5lijIn_ReSIn]

    (I'm using [n_R] for a nasal tap--what's the symbol?)

-David

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