Re: USAGE: Latin alphabet (Re: Chinese Dialect Question)
| From: | James Campbell <lists@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 2, 2003, 14:12 |
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Herman u Christophe eskrë »
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>To give an example from the list's official language :-), there's the Dutch
>"g", which in some dialects is [x].
And in others [G]. It's always a velar fricative at least, except in some
(rare) dialects in some positions where it can be a voiced velar stop, but
that's extremely rare. The normal value of "g" in Dutch is a velar
fricative.
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... and in Flemish dialects [h], unless
1. You're not counting that as Dutch
2. My ears and/or memory fail/ed me.
James
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