LL-L "Phonology" 2003.06.03 (09) [E]

[R. F. Hahn]

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From: GaidhealdeAlba at aol.com
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2003.06.03 (07) [E]

Peter and Ron,

Thanks very much for your excellent answers. My question is, if this
does not occur naturally in Lowland languages or
German, then does it appear anywhere other than French naturally?

Beannachdan,
Uilleam Stiùbhart

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject:  Phonology

Uilleam,

It must have come from *somewhere*, though as a sound it tends to belong
to the series to which /q/ (a back "k") belongs.

A Finnish friend once told me (a long time ago) that it is considered a
speech defect among Finnish speakers.  Perhaps long ago some important
person in France had this speech defect, and the rest is history ...  :)

It is also interesting to note that Iberian Portuguese has the usual
apical flap for /r/, except at the beginning of a word or in cases of
_rr_ (where Castilian has a strongly trilled and often aspirated /r/),
in which case it is pronounced like a "French /r/" in Portuguese.  So
you got *both* type in the same language!

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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