Common enough in Irish, Doug.
Herewith some minimal pairs:
ghroí (voiced)
chroí (unvoiced)
ghas (voiced)
chas (unvoiced)
ghual (voiced)
chual (unvoiced)
ghoill (voiced)
choill (unvoiced)
ghnó (voiced)
chnó (unvoiced)
Learners (until they develop a good ear for the difference) can make
mist
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 10:10:58AM -0800, Doug Ewell wrote:
> I need someone to think of a quick example, off the top of their head,
> of a language (and example word) that uses the voiced velar fricative,
> the voiced equivalent of the 'ch' in Scottish 'loch'. The IPA symbol
> for this sound is [
At 21:14 + 2003-11-05, John Delacour wrote:
At 8:10 pm + 5/11/03, Michael Everson wrote:
Irish. German. Arabic. Lots and lots of languages have this sound.
? (ɣ) voiced? I can't think of an example in German.
"Sagen" in northern dialects.
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At 8:10 pm + 5/11/03, Michael Everson wrote:
Irish. German. Arabic. Lots and lots of languages have this sound.
É (ɣ) voiced? I can't think of an example in German.
JD
Irish. German. Arabic. Lots and lots of languages have this sound.
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Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
I need someone to think of a quick example, off the top of their head,
of a language (and example word) that uses the voiced velar fricative,
the voiced equivalent of the 'ch' in Scottish 'loch'. The IPA symbol
for this sound is [É], or U+0263.
The more commonly known the language, the better (i.
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