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Rounded /j/?

From:FFlores <fflores@...>
Date:Monday, March 29, 1999, 23:50
Is there any natlang with a rounded palatal approximant?
I mean, the * in the series /i, u, y/ :: /j, w, */.
I know the sound is perfectly possible, but I wonder
if this sound is an independent phoneme in any natlang.

Thanks in advance,


--Pablo Flores

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