Re: retroflex consonants
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 28, 2003, 14:46 |
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--- Danny Wier skrzypszy:
> Well I appreciate the feedback on this topic! I should've mentioned this,
> but I did know of quite a few cases of retroflexes in natlangs (and one
> conlang, Klingon). I'm doing a survey, in a way.
>
> So far I have:
>
> [...] Polish (sz, z.) [...]
I have been under that assumption too, but then I was told by a native speaker
that Polish _sz_ and _z._ are alveolars and not retroflexes.
Czech, OTOH, is supposed to have retroflexes, I think.
Jan
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