Re: C-IPA

From: "Andreas Johansson" <and_yo@...>
>  > > * I guess it has something to do with the difference between sibilant
>  > > and non-sibilant fricatives, but I don't know what that difference is.
>  > > I'm getting out of my depth here, I'm afraid.
>  >
>  >I personally find [T] pretty sibilant, so I don't know what the difference
>  >is either.
>
> What _is_ a sibilant anyway? It seems that [T D] are not normally classed as
> sibilants, however.
I'm guessing sibilants are [+strident], which this source defines as "air
channeled through central tongue groove at teeth; loud hissing noise."

This would exclude [T D]...

    *Muke!
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