Re: Tallefkeul: tones and whatnot

>I think they're called "Finnish speakers". (Well, maybe not the only-
>one-fricative bit, but I hear their /s/ can be fairly spread out among
>the four phones you mentioned.)
The only fricatives in finnish are v, h and s. "F" is, however, a strong
newcomer. (A newcomer that is very old by now, but I feel the "linguistic
orthodoxy" never will accept it).

"Kielenopas" states that s often is heard by foreigners as sh, but that many
have adopted the swedish s, which is quite fronted.
It states that, due to the relative insignificance of the s / sh
distinction, there is no need to distinguish them in speech.