Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>I agree that the difference is extremely thin, and I actually know of no
>language that has phonemic distinction between palatalised alveolar
consonants
>and actual palatals (a distinction between [n_j] and [J] for instance).
And I agree with your analyses, and agree that the difference is indeed
thin.....but..... how about Span. _unión_ vs. _uña_, or for that matter
French
_union_ vs. _oignon_???? Just speculating; I suppose instrumental analysis
could answer the question.