Korean politeness levels ( wasRe: Tonal Languages takentoextremes)

Roger Mills wrote:
> "ñj" seems to be Sanskritist tradition-- _of course_ the nasal before a
> palatal is also palatal.
Well, in that romanization, that kana is ALWAYS written ñ, as in oñna,
koñpyuuta, etc.

> I guess my ignorant question would be:
> is there a difference in pronunciation between "fun'iki" "{fun.iki} and
> (hypothetical?) "funiki" {fu.ni.ki} ??  (Well, yes, I guess-- fun'iki would
> be 4 morae/syllables?)
Yes.  fun'iki would be pronounced [Pu.N".i.ki] (N" = uvular nasal; P =
bilabial voiceless fricative), while funiki is [Pu.ni.ki]

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