Re: [tied] Re: Danish enigma

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:57:48 +0000, tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>> > Dutch
>> > 'Ik ben hier gisteren geweest'
>>
>> No [g] > [j] in Dutch?
>
>Ah, but you forget that all Dutch [g]'s are pronounced [x.], a voiced
>velar fricative ([G] in Flemish).

Mostly a voiceless raspy uvular fricative [X] here in the
Randstad, the so-called "harde g". The other variants
(velar fricatives [G] and [x], palatal fricatives [j"] and
[ç]) are known as "zachte g".

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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