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Re: THEORY: Allophones

From:Matt Pearson <mpearson@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 6, 1999, 7:40
> > Is there any natlang or conlang where an allophone
> > of a certain phoneme is also an allophone (maybe the
> > only one) of *another* phoneme? Do you think that's
> > likely or probable?

It's not only probable, it's extremely common.  The
phonological term for this is 'neutralisation'.

Matt.