Re: [OT] Voiced velar fricative

From: Peter T. Daniels
Message: 1776
Date: 2003-11-05

Doug Ewell wrote:
>
> I need someone to think of a quick example, off the top of their head,
> of a language (and example word) that uses the voiced velar fricative,
> the voiced equivalent of the 'ch' in Scottish 'loch'. The IPA symbol
> for this sound is [É£], or U+0263.
>
> The more commonly known the language, the better (i.e. no South American
> languages with 200 speakers, please).
>
> This is a personal query. Please reply OFF-LIST unless you can think of
> some way this topic would interest the list at large.

Topically,

In Dutch, it's spelled with <g>.

In Arabic, it's spelled with the <`> letter with a dot on top (ghain).
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...

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