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Which are the rarest vowels/consonants? | ||
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| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6769 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 9 of 16 14 July 2010 at 2:10pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I think MäcØSŸ just fell for a rather clever linguistics joke.
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| Harder Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 5250 days ago 21 posts - 31 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French | Message 10 of 16 17 July 2010 at 8:34am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I'm new to the forum, I've had no formal introduction to phonetics, but with a little trying, I figured it out... and was laughing my anatomy off for two minutes straight. Thank you for making my day! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5670 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 11 of 16 17 July 2010 at 9:29am | IP Logged | ||||||||
It is quite a difficult sound to produce accurately at first. The secret is to be in a deeply relaxed state. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Harder Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 5250 days ago 21 posts - 31 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French | Message 12 of 16 17 July 2010 at 9:44am | IP Logged | ||||||||
It's really awesome - I'm going to train hard until I can pronounce this consonant accurately in my sleep! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5568 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 13 of 16 17 July 2010 at 4:29pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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There is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea (called Melpa) which has a velar lateral approximant. The IPA symbol is /ʟ/.
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 14 of 16 17 July 2010 at 7:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Nasal sounds are always voiced, so a nasal and voiceless sound is impossible. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Qinshi Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5754 days ago 115 posts - 183 votes Speaks: Vietnamese*, English Studies: French, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 15 of 16 17 July 2010 at 8:59pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Try correctly pronouncing the surname Nguyễn :P IMO triphthongs like ươu [ə̯ʊ̯]are quite
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| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5568 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 16 of 16 17 July 2010 at 11:12pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
That's not true. Voiceless nasals aren't common, but they certainly exist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_nasal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_nasal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_palatal_nasal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_nasal 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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