Re: Hatasoe online

On Mon, 24 May 1999, Daniel Andreasson wrote:

> Fr=E5n: Jim Grossmann <steven@...>
> > Hi, there,
> >=20
> >     Some comments on Hatasoe.
> >=20
> > Re:   Sound system.   Looks sensible to me.
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> I have a question on the phonology. The {h} is
> said to be a _velar_ fricative. Is it pronounced
> [x] then? Or do you mean it's a _glottal_ fricative=20
> and thus pronounced [h] ?
Yay!  You noticed! =20

Depends on the dialect5, actually.  In the standard, formal dialect
(spoken by almost nobody but understood by everyone, just like standard
English), it's /x/.  In most other dialects, it's /h/, and it some, it
turns into a glotal stop -- a very light one, and silent at the beginnings
of words.