Re: Cerebral consonants & transliterarion
| From: | taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 14, 1999, 16:25 |
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On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Carlos Thompson wrote:
>Kristian Jensen wrote:
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>> Retroflex consonants are quite common in the subcontinent of India.
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>Are Swedish (Stockholm) rs, rt, rd, rl combinations retroflex?
Retroflexes abound in eastern Norwegian (my dialect).
Usually, combinations of V+r+C means the C is an unvoiced
retroflex; retr. t in "kart" (map), retr. s in "karse" (a
kind of edible plant) etc. etc. My grandparents have voiced
retroflexes as well.
In and around Oslo (and spreading to the rest of the
country), the ich-laut in words like "kj=F8re" (to drive),
"kjenne" (to know, feel) are being replaced by a retroflex
s, to the shock and horror of the establishment :)
tal.