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Re: [QUESTION] Initial Geminants

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 4, 2002, 19:47
    Arabic does.  It comes when you add the definite article to words that
begin with a alveolar.  So if [diZ&Z] is "a chicken", then [ddiZ&Z] is "the
chicken"--though usually you get a little catch or schwa before the geminate.

-David

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