Re: CHAT: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)

Nik Taylor sikayal:

> David Peterson wrote:
> > What...weird nasal sound?  [n]?  [m]?  ang?  enya?  We got all those in
> > English.
>
> We don't have ñ in English.  We have /nj/, a sequence.  ñ is a single
> sound, a palatal nasal.
In theory, maybe, but all of the speakers I've ever met say [nj] for /ñ/.

Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu

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