Re: Danny on /x/ vs. /h/

And Rosta wrote:

> I'm not questioning the accuracy of this, but do your sources for this
> info give any minimal pairs for a /h/ vs. /x/ contrast?
Minimal pairs should be easy for Irish, since the so-called "aspiration"
mutation maps /k/ (orthographically c) and /s/ into /x/ and /h/
respectively, at least when followed by an (orthographic) back vowel.
Since aspiration is a grammatical feature, it suffices to look
for two words beginning "cA" and "sA" (where A is any back vowel)
but otherwise identical.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)