Re: aspirated m?

Ray Brown eskribiw:


> Indeed, while voiceless /m/ is not uncommon as an allophone, as for
> example in English _small_, I do not know of any natural language in which
> voiced & voiceless nasals are separate phonemes. I am _not_ making a
> dogmatic statement that they do not exist - that would be foolish - I am
> merely saying I do not know of any.
AFAIK, voiceless nasals are separate phonemes in Burmese (Myanmar).

-- Yitzik

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