----- Original Message -----

From: Sergejus Tarasovas

To: phoNet@egroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 9:45 AM

Subject: RE: [phoNet] Illabial

 

 

And I can add that when they teach Russians to pronounce Estonian <õ> they recommend to pronounce DELABIALIZED Russian [u]

Sergei

 

... which probably means that Estonian <õ> is back [ɤ] rather than central [ə] (if "mittelhoch").

 

Piotr