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Re: Phonetics Question

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 5, 1999, 8:51
Steg Belsky wrote:

> What is this Chinese {x} sound, phonetically? Does it have an IPA > symbol?
I may be really wrong on this, but I think I remember it as the nonretroflex version of "sh", which is a postalveolar voiceless fricative. At least that's what I think the local Sinicist at UT said -- might be wrong. ======================================= Tom Wier <twier@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." "Only the educated are free." - Epictetus =======================================