Re: _the_ lateral fricative?

Rene Uittenbogaard wrote:
> Hmm, I can even make a bilateral linguolabial fricative :)
>
> Unfortunately, the ability to curl your tongue up to a "gutter" is
> determined genetically, so I suppose a language using this sound would
> cause problems for a lot of its speakers.
Unless they were a small and inbred(?) group.  Therefore a language
involving guttering would require a certain type of conculture/-country.
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Simon Richard Clarkstone
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