Re: Announcing the open beta of CALS

Hm. My normal pronunciation of [K] already feels retroflex...



On 6/8/08, Herman Miller <hmiller@...> wrote:
> John Vertical wrote:
>>> Not sure if this counts as a bug:
>>>
>>> In WALS the "presence of uncommon consonants" option doesn't include an
>> option for "clicks and 'th'", because no language in the database has
>> this.
>> But some conlangs do. So may CALS deviate from WALS in having options
>> absent
>> from WALS?
>>> --And.
>>
>> I would argue interdentals do not count as uncommon consonants in conlangs
>> anyway…
>> http://www.spinnoff.com/zbb/viewtopic.php?t=25708
>>
>> John Vertical
>
> How about an "other" option? Lindiga has a retroflex lateral fricative,
> which doesn't even have an IPA symbol.
>
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