Re: laterals (was: Pharingials, /l/ vs. /r/ in Southeast Asia)

Joe scripsit:

> > (In fact alveolopalatal [s\] can be rendered as [s_-] = [C_+].)
>
> Well, I was close.  But who says both 'ch' and s-acute can't both be
> [C]? Even though they're not, there's nothing saying they can't be...
I at least pronounce [C] as a backed rather than a raised [s\];
the former is laminar and palatal, the latter, laminar and alveopalatal
(whereas [s`] is apical and alveopalatal).

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