Re: Fricative vowels

FFlores wrote:
>
> I got this from a non-affiliated conlanger friend of mine:
>
> > In Sweden, they were first noticed in the place called Viby (which I have no
> > idea whatsoever of where is). Vibrant/approximant vowels, if I got it
> > correctly [...]
> > In other words, they were pronounced, I think, like with an r-ish, or z-ish
> > sound to them; perhaps simultaneously pronounced with r or z, or perhaps
> > just pronounced with a vibrating tongue.
>
> I told him there are also such vowels in Mandarin, IIRC.
Really?  How are they written in pinyin?  (Doesn't sound familiar - not
denying it, just curious)

> Can
> anybody confirm or correct this? And what about the Sweden vowels?
> I think this feature is exclusive of Viby (wherever it is); do you
> know of any other places?
>
Nicole
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