Re: YADPT (D=Dutch)

Tristan McLeay scripsit:

> > I don't think it has anything to do with orthography. Partly because /S/
> > and /Z/ do not exist in Dutch as phonemes, our pronunciation of <s> and <z>
> > sometimes comes dangerously close, especially in city dialects.
>
> Oh, okay, could be that then.
Not surprising.  Finnish and Bengali both have only /s/, but regularly
pronounce it [S].  In Bengali, at least, the close relatives use [s].

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