Re: phonaesthetics & JRRT (was: Fave Conlangs + The beautifulest phonology)

Raymond Brown wrote:
>  I understand retroflex do occur in the Scandinavian
>langs, but they not exactly well known outside that area.
They do occur phonetically, but are usually phonemically interpreted as
/r/+dental. Execpt, of course, /r/ itself, which in many (most, I think)
'lects realized as a retroflex trill, fricative, or approximant (uvular
variants are common in southern Scandinavia).

>And where, pray,
>do clicks and voiceless nasals figure in these languages?
Icelandic has voiceless nasals, IIRC.

                                               Andreas

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