Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: English l and Spanish ll

From:Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 10:58
J. 'Mach' Wust wrote:

> Is this distinction analogous to the distinction between e.g. [t] + [j]
and
> [t_j]?
I'm afraid yes. Again, not a minimal pair, but an example where each string sounds differently: [Vt.javl_j@ni\i_^] "ultimate" ~ [rV.t_jar@] "big ulgy mouth" ~ [stV.t_jja] "article" ObConlang: what other subtle differences do ppl use in their *constructed* differences? -- Yitzik