Re: Another new lang
| From: | Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, February 19, 2000, 19:48 |
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At 11:22 pm -0300 18/2/00, FFlores wrote:
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>We discussed an aspirated r some time ago (a *trilled* r). There
>is a sound in Welsh (?) that is described as an aspirated alveolar
>trill.
Yep - the language is Welsh. And that's a pretty fair description of the
sound. It's written as 'rh'.
The Welsh 'r' is always trilled. Normally it's an alveoloar (or apical)
trill; but some speakers in the north use a uvular trill (yes - a trill,
_not_ the modern French uvular approximant). I guess these speakers must
use an aspirated uvular trill for 'rh', tho I confess I've not heard the
sound.
Ray.
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