Re: Tsuhon: tentative phonology

On Tue, 1 May 2001, SuomenkieliMaa wrote:

> --- Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:
> > That particular sound is an allophone of Korean "r"
> > in the position you
> > mention.  :-)  Try to get a Korean to pronounce "l"
> > at the *beginning* of
> > a syllable and you'll probably get Korean "r"...
>
> I'm sure you are right, but I think the Korean r/l has
> more "character" (ie, chic sound) over the Japanese
> pseudo-r/l!
Oro?  :-p  Well, chacun à (?) son gout, as they say; and while the
distribution of the Korean r/l differs, the "r" is an alveolar tap, which
I think is the same as Japanese "r" in many contexts.  Put the Korean r/l
in your own conlangs; it'd be interesting to see (and I can think of
very, very few conlangs that take any influence from Korean...one of
mine, not unsurprisingly, is one of them, but that's because it's one of
the few languages I know about).

YHL

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