Re: [bpfk] Question on {z} vs. {dz} and {ts}

[John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>]

Gleki Arxokuna scripsit:

> As for when we do need to express [p] we would probably have to always
> aspirate it to make Chinese Lojbanists understand more easily what we are
> saying.

Pretty much the same is true for anglophone Lojbanists; the English stops
are officially distinguished by voice, but in practice mostly by aspiration.
Note that where there is no aspiration (as after /s/), there is no voicing
contrast either.

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