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<DIV>Hi, Ferenc pi kanawi-lhaksta,</DIV>
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<DIV>I've always found it interesting that this "voiceless lateral fricative"
sound has historically been written in varying ways, according to the languages
being represented and the languages of those trying to write it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mostly in Chinook Jargon and other Pacific Northwest languages, the old
documents use "tl" or "kl", sometimes "lth" or "xl" or other odd
combinations.</DIV>
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<DIV>In the Southeast USA, those who recorded Mobilian Jargon often wrote "shl"
or "sl" for the same sound. What's fascinating is that you never see that
way of writing it in the Northwest.</DIV>
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<DIV>And from Southeast Alaska, for Chinook Jargon and for Tlingit I've seen "s"
for this sound. This is another regionally restricted way of writing
it.</DIV>
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<DIV>These differences, and the discussion you've been having, may lend support
to a claim made on this list a few years ago that the voiceless lateral
fricative is pronounced rather differently from language to language.</DIV>
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<DIV>--Dave R.</DIV>
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