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Re: YAPT: Dutch ij and ui

From:Carsten Becker <post@...>
Date:Friday, July 23, 2004, 16:12
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:55:30 +0200, vehke <vaksje@...> wrote:

>On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 12:38:39PM +0200, Carsten Becker wrote: >> Who is right concerning the pronounciation? I'm sure it depends on the >> region, like so often. But what's the official Modern Dutch >> pronounciation then? > >Modern Dutch, what's that? ;) Actually, most folks, when speaking Modern >(Standard) Dutch, _do_ inhibit slight regional influences: > ><ij>, well I'd say it's between [&i)] and [Ei)]. ><ui> is either [2y)] or [9y)]. ><sch> is either [sx] or [sG] depending on dialect. [X] strikes me as >rather strange. > >([9y)] and [sx] for me.) > >That's the variation I've heard in Modern _Standard_ Dutch. As for >miscellaneous areal variation, it can get very, very nasty.
Oops, yes, I meant Standard Dutch. [G] and [X] are like allophones for my ears as it seems, so sorry for mixing them up.