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Re: Strange phonology

From:FFlores <fflores@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 9, 1999, 13:31
Raymond A. Brown <raybrown@...> wrote:

> >1) Have you ever heard of an aspirated trill? > >I'm sure I've seen it somewhere, represented as > ><rh>, which would be /r/ with a simultaneous > >aspiration. I mean, it looks possible, but I don't > >know if it exists anywhere and if it could contrast > >with a non-aspirated trill /r/. > > YES - it's common in Welsh, written as {rh}, and you've described it
well.
> It does contrasr with unaspirated /r/.
Really? I thought rh was unvoiced and r voiced, and that was it. Thanks for the info.
> > >3) Is it reasonable to have an aspiration contrast > >for nasals? > > YES - Welsh has them.
Same here: I thought mh, nh, ngh were unvoiced and the others voiced. Is it actually unvoiced-aspirated vs. voiced-nonaspirated? --Pablo Flores * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * And the Lord said unto Job, "There's no reason for it. It's just policy." Kelvin Throop