Re: Palatalized / Labialized consonants

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 11:36:22 -0400, Outo Otus <olen_outo_otus@...> wrote:
> I was wondering if any languages make a distinction between a platalized
> consonant, and a consonant followed by a palatal glide [j]
I *think* Russian does this but don't know of any example.

Maybe "s"est'" (perfective of est' "to eat") vs. "sestra" ("sister")?
The former being sjest_j and the latter being s_jestra, I believe.

And Polish makes a difference between affricate and stop+fricative; I
believe the canonical example is czysta ("quiet"?) with /t_S/ and
trzysta ("three hundred"?) with /tS/. Also the first time I've come
across such a phonemic distinction.

Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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