Re: French r
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 2, 2003, 15:20 |
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En réponse à Mark J. Reed :
>Anyway, I suspect that examination of the various dialects of French
>would reveal allophones of /r/ that, while all uvular, range from
>approximants through fricatives to trills.
Wrong. As I already said, the uvular trill allophone existed only in Paris
and has now completely disappeared. On the other hand, quite a few French
dialects have an *alveolar* trill or flap for r. They are mainly dialects
of the Mediterranean coast (listen to any Marseillais talk, and you won't
hear a single uvular sound ever! :))) ).
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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