Re: new lang idea . . .

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>  Speaking of [x\] and similars, are there any languages
> > beside
> > certain misguided variants of Swedish that actually use [x\] or other
> > "double" fricatives? X-SAMPA appears not to have symbols for any
> > others.
> >
>
>They can be rendered at will with the tie bar (as it's done with doubly
>articulated stops like [k_p] or with affricates [t_S]). Why does IPA have a
>single sign specifically for that one by the way? (or is it a fossil from
>earlier versions of IPA, which did have separate signs for affricates for
>instance?).
It might be presicely because aforementioned misguided varieties of Swedish,
where it's phonemic. Are there any languages that distinguish between
affricate and stop plus fricative within the same morpheme?


                                                           Andreas

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