Re: palato-alveolar affricate
| From: | dirk elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 22, 2001, 21:19 |
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On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, David Stokes wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Can someone tell me, what is the sound of a voiced palato-alveolar
> affricate ? Is this what English speakers think of as a "j" sound, as in
> "jelly jar" ?
Yes.
> Also, does it seem a reasonable sound change to have a palatalized g
> become this sound ? And a palatalized k --> voiceless palato-alveolar
> affricate ?
Not only reasonable, but actually attested.
Dirk
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