A self-correction: Australian retroflex
stops are typically apical rather than subapical. The fact remains that
many Australian languages may have up to four contrsts for coronal stops,
distinguishing also laminal (palato-alveolar) from apical (retroflex)
postalveolar stops. The spelling used by most Austalianists is "th", "t", "j"
(or "ty"), "rt".
Piotr
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Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [phoNet] Retroflex Stops
Numerous Australian languages contrast
(laminal) dental, (apical) alveolar and (subapical) retroflex stop phonemes.
There should be other examples e.g. in Ladefoged & Maddieson.
Piotr
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 1:05 AM
Subject: [phoNet] Retroflex Stops
Does anybody know if there is any non-Indic language with
a phonemic contrast between dental and retroflex stops?
-David
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