Grzegorz:
> Really? And what about Hungarian?
You're obviously not listening. I'm trying to get
through your head that there is no language without
some a-like sound (a [+low] vowel). It's irrelevant
how that "a" surfaces, whether it be front or back.
Simple Vowel Theory would dictate that we MUST have
at the very least a two-dimensional vertical system
consisting of at least two vowels. There is no
monovocalic system attested anywhere, nor is there
any language without low vowels which oppose the
mid or high ones.
> And what about English, esp. British? Has it /a/?
Yes, obviously.
= gLeN
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