Re: A new phonemic distinction in Gzarondan

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:25:23 +0200, Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>
wrote:

> --- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> skrev:
>> Quoting "Adrian Morgan (aka Flesh-eating Dragon)"
>> <dragon@...>:
>>
>> > Alternatively, I could do away with /h/ (but how
>> many natural
>> > languages don't have /h/ ?)
>>
>> French, Greek and Russian come to mind; they don't
>> have [h] at all.
>
>I'm not so sure for French. I'm thinking for ex about
>interjections, like: hé! ho ! hep ! Perhaps the h is
>not strong, but it seems to exist, at least for some
>speakers.
It's not unusual that there are sounds in interjections that aren't found in
the sound system of the language.

gry@s:
j. 'mach' wust