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Re: Revised Eastern Vowel Orthography

From:Andrew Smith <hobbit@...>
Date:Monday, May 24, 1999, 2:55
On Sun, 23 May 1999, Tom Wier wrote:

> > FFlores wrote: > > > > I can't think of a single natlang example of phonemic distinction of /P/ and > > /f/. > > IIRC, the Maori language of New Zealand makes a phonemic > distinction between the two. >
I'm not sure if /P/ here is p or pf or something else. NZMaori has the letters p and wh, with wh pronounced /f/ nearly universally. Rarotongan Maori uses f for this letter. - andrew. Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz "Orcs eat Hummers." - Old Orc Saying.