En réponse à Andreas Johansson :
>I can pronounce that without any epenthetics, but I cannot do an "r" between
>two consonants of higher sonority without it sounding like a syllable peak.
Strange. I have no problem with that.
> Is
>there any watertight definition of what constitutes a syllable?
I think it must exist, but I cannot find it right now :(( .
>FYI, not knowing what kind of "r" Georgian uses, I say it with a voiceless
>retroflex approximant.
I just use an alveolar trill, IIRC that's the sound in Georgian.
Christophe Grandsire.
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