Re: Cerebral consonants & transliterarion

Kristian Jensen wrote:

> Retroflex consonants are quite common in the subcontinent of India.
> I'm sure you have heard English spoken with a sub-continental Indian
> accent with a distinct retroflexation of all coronal consonants. It
> sounds so funny 8-) If not, then I'm sure you have heard of American
> Southerner English with a lot of retroflexation of <s> <t> <d> and
> <n> especially after <r>, eg. "first" "thirst" "third" "burn".
Are Swedish (Stockholm) rs, rt, rd, rl combinations retroflex?

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