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Re: Cerebral consonants & transliterarion

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...>
Date:Sunday, February 14, 1999, 16:25
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Carlos Thompson wrote:

>Kristian Jensen wrote: > >> 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.