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<p><tt><font size="2">> Thai has all three, l, r, n, in different contexts. One of our grad students who kept a pretty hefty accent in her English used to regale us with her rendition of "phonological rules", which was "phonorogican lunes" [fonorajikan lu:nz]. (n>n, l>r, r>n, but not in that order).<br>
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<tt>I wonder if the Thai phoneme is actually polymorphic, or if we just have trouble classifying it with our alphabet? How would we classify an alveolarly restrictive consonant that is lateral like [l], tapped like [r], and nasal like [n]?</tt><br>
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<tt><font size="2">Rory</font></tt></body></html>