R and r

[Adam Hyllested]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Artem V. Andreev wrote:

> The question is: is there any language in the world which has a *phonemic*
> opposition between dental vibrant /r/ and uvular *vibrant* /R/?

European Portuguese has a phonemic opposition between a dental *flap* /r/
and a uvular *vibrant* /R/. Compare <caro> /karo/ 'dear, expensive' to
<carro> /kaRo/ 'car'. But I suppose that is not quite what you are looking
for.

Adam Hyllested