Re: One consonant short.

Hi!

Joe <joe@...> writes:
> Henrik Theiling wrote:
> ...
> >If the phoneme is called /x/, ok, but the phones are usually [C] after
> >front vowel and other consonants, and [X] after back vowels.
> >
> >Just me two eurocents.
>
> Just wondering - are there any dialects which have [X] and [x] for /x/?
I have heard rumors (= read it somewhere) that there are dialects
which have [X] after /a/ and [x] after /o/ and /u/, but I've never
heard that myself.  (These dialects also keep [C] after consonants and
front vowels, so three allophones).  It seems sensible, however.

**Henrik