[tied] Re: Fricative-less languages?

Well,

A couple of the "laryngeals" probaly were fricatives (Velar, uvular,
pharyngeal)

Hawaian has the sound "h". In languages that do not distincguish
between several laryngeal sounds, the "h" is often pronounced as an
phfaryngeal fricative.

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> On 2006-07-23 21:23, Richard Wordingham wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Jarrette <anjarrette@>
wrote:
> >> A question arising out of mere curiosity: Recognizing that IE had
> > but a single fricative, /s/, I wonder whether there are any
existing
> > or former languages that have no fricatives at all. Does anyone
know