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Re: Stress and consonants

From:Eugene Oh <un.doing@...>
Date:Friday, October 27, 2006, 15:18
2006/10/25, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>:
>Now, I know that I've actually seen a language > where [t] and [s] are in complimentary distribution, but since > I can't think it up, just think about the process. > http://dedalvs.free.fr/ >
The language you're thinking of is Rotokas, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotokas. It is a terrible memory etched in my mind. The note in the article about the non-phonemicness of the spelling of the language's name is quite funny, though. Eugene

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Eugene Oh <un.doing@...>