From: "Isaac A. Penzev" <isaacp@...>
> John Cowan scripsit:
>
> <<Basque (and Castilian-of-Castile) /s/ is apical and has a slight
whistling
> quality to it. /z/ is a more normal European [s]; /x/ is of course /S/.>>
>
> Ok. And how shall we render it in IPA and dear Schmampa?
Euskara <s> is usually rendered as s with the apicodental bridge underneath
(a [ turned 90 degrees to the right); <z> is simply [s], being alveolar.
Dravidian languages have dental vs. alveolar distinction: Tamil has <n> vs.
<n_> and <r> vs. <r_> (I'm not sure of the exact pronunciation).