| From: | Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 23, 2000, 12:39 |
Rob Nierse wrote:>Just out of interest, does anyone know why the sound described is an >allophone of /x/ in Adyghe?My sources tell me "the Adyghe bidental fricative is, in fact, a _variant_ of /x/..." -- line under _variant_. This does not necessarily mean an allophone. It could also mean a _free variant_ of /x/. As for why? That's another story... -kristian- 8)