Re: Betreft: Re: Initial clusters, was: Re: Russian orthography
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 3, 2000, 2:45 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> IIRC the only vowel in Bella Coola is a voiceless schwa, so at
> the *phonological* level it's all consonants.
You MUST be kidding! No other vowels whatsoever?
> American English uses [m?m] to mean "no" and [mhm] to mean "yes"
Well, it's more like [mm_0m], with the last [m] being at a higher tone,
at least for me.
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