Re: Revised Eastern Vowel Orthography
| From: | Andrew Smith <hobbit@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 24, 1999, 2:55 |
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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
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