On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 04:28:07AM +0200, Adam Raizen wrote:
> de'i li 2002-12-08 ti'u li 00:06:00 la'o zoi. And Rosta .zoi cusku di'e
[...]
> >In other words, the problem is not only that [h] and [x] are rather
> >similar in isolation, but that there are phonological environments
> >where the contrast is unfeasibly difficult. I have seen it claimed
> >that [h] and [x] never contrast in natural languages, though John
> >has told me that he indirectly infers such a contrast from descriptions
> >of Irish.
>
> Arabic contains both, in addition to some other very similar consonants
> between them, and I am almost certain that it contrasts them. I'm
> pretty sure that German also contains both, though I don't know whether
> it contrasts them. Carefully enunciated Hebrew also contains both and
This reminds me of something I was wondering about. Is the german
sound of ch in "ich" an allowed pronunciation of "'"?
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