Re: The letter j\
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 19, 2002, 19:32 |
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In a message dated 04/19/02 3:04:00 AM, isaacp@UKR.NET writes:
<< Why, really? In pretty many natlangs /j\/ and /c/ are quite stable sounds.
Look at Hungarian (right, Ferko?) >>
My Hungarian book has /S/ and /Z/, and then the two palatal stops...
This one /j\/ isn't a voiced, palatal stop, but a voiced, palatal fricative.
Anyway, as per the palatal stop to alveo-palatal affricate change, it's well
documented. As for Hungarian, we're just going to have to wait and see. ;)
-David
"fawiT, Gug&g, tSagZil-a-Gariz, waj min DidZejsat wazid..."
"Soft, driven, slow and mad, like some new language..."
-Jim Morrison
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