Ukrainian "H"

[Tom Priestly]

It has been suggested that I report on the replies to my query of 15
September  (which was, in brief: is Ukrainian /h/ really pharyngeal, as so
often described, or laryngeal, as seems more likely?).
In a month and two days received *only two* responses that can be regarded
as both useful and authoritative:

(1)
I would say that your description is mostly correct (I'm not
100% sure I hear the secondary pharyngealization consistently, but I have
heard it); I'm not sure where Tots'ka is coming from. Most of the other
descriptions I've seen are as a "voiced laryngeal."

(2)
 Your instinct is correct. The
Ukrainian /h/ is a voiced _laryngeal_ fricative.  In the southwest, there
is more of a tendency to pronounce a devoiced variant. Thus it is
virtually identical with the Cz and Sk /h/.

Thanks to all who replied!
Tom Priestly

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*  Tom Priestly
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*  Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
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