lenis and glottalic

[Adam Hyllested]

> On Wed, 10 Mar 1999,

> [Quoting Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen for]:

> > > Not wanting to open the whole can of worms again, let me just ask
> > > this: Is a change from lenis to voiced stop natural and frequently seen?

> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:

> > I think so.  English and Danish (fortis-lenis) vs. Dutch
> > (voiceless-voiced), for instance.  Or East Armenian vs. West
> > Armenian.  Finnish vs. Estonian (or is that just the spelling?).

Concerning Estonian: Yes, it is just the spelling. The letters <b>, <d>
and <g> represent the phonemes /p/, /t/ and /k/ respectively, i.e.
short voiceless plosives, whereas <p>, <t>, <k> represent /pp/, /tt/, /kk/
respectively, i.e. geminated voiceless plosives. In addition, the digraphs
<pp>, <tt>, <kk> represent the three overlong voiceless plosives, which we
may notate here as /ppp/, /ttt/ and /kkk/ respectively.

Adam Hyllested