Re: OT: Help reading Indic transliteration?

Benct Philip Jonsson scripsit:

> More exactly a alveopalatal [s\], hence the Polish
> s-acute in the transliteration.
> German scholars of course use [C] for their convenience!
Does any language actually contrast these two?  I suspect not, since
both are quite rare anyhow.  I articulate them differently, but
I suspect I'd have some trouble telling them apart in a minimal pair.

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