Re: new(?) phoneme discovered

>On the Wikipedia x-sampa page /l/ is described as
>an alveolar lateral approximant.  I want /l_0/ to be the unvoiced
>counterpart.  /K/ is described as a voiceless alveolar lateral
>fricative.  Is "voiceless alveolar lateral approximant" the same
>as "voiceless alveolar lateral fricative"?  Feedback welcome!
Well, nobody seems to have replied yet, so no, [l_0] and [K] are not the
same sound - just like [l] is not the same as [K\], or [j_0] not the same as
[C], [r\] not the same as [z], etc.


>The other phoneme which is unusual to me is /j_0/.  This must not be
>confused with /h/.  /h/ is a voicelss glottal fricative.  /j_0/ is a
>voiceless palatal approximant.
>
>Charlie
I see. Say, do they contrast even before /i/?

John Vertical