R and r

[Eduard Selleslagh]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Artem V. Andreev" <ie at AA5779.spb.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 10:19 PM

>                           Dear sirs!

>   I have a question that at a glance might seem not to have any relation
> to the domain of the present list; but I humbly ask u to believe that it
> has a direct connection with my studies in IE and that I am very hard to
> solve it myself.
>   The question is: is there any language in the world which has a *phonemic*
> opposition between dental vibrant /r/ and uvular *vibrant* /R/?

>                                                         Thank u very much
>                                                         in advance,
>                                                         Sincerely yours etc
>                                                         Artem Andreev

[Ed Selleslagh]

(Brazilian) Portuguese? What do the native speakers say?

Maybe also Classical Greek (rho / rho with spiritus asper or daseíon)?

Ed.