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From: mcv@inter.NL.net (Miguel Carrasquer)
Subject: Re: Uvular 'r'
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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 20:17:08 GMT
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In article <3aii8v$jo4@hermod.uio.no>, Svein Lie <svein.lie@inl.uio.no> wrote:
>In article <1707011B93S86.JAREA@ukcc.uky.edu>, JAREA@ukcc.uky.edu says:
>>
>> 
>>It is worth noting that uvular 'r' has also crept into some varieties of
>>peninsular Spanish, into some north Italian dialects (Bergamask i.a.),
>>and into some Sicilian (and I have heard it occurs in Danish). 
>> 
>
>It is common in all varieties of Danish, and it is used in the 
>southernmost parts of Swedish (incl. Malmoe). It is also common in
>the southernmost parts of Norwegian (incl. Kristiansand) and in 
>many areas in South-West Norway (incl. Bergen and Stavanger). 
>

Trilled uvular "r" is also the common pronunciation in Dutch, altough
alveolar trilled is equally acceptable.  One also hears uvular
fricative/approximant and alveolar/retroflex approximant pronunciations.

I have never heard uvular 'r' in Spanish (not counting TV personality
Angel Casas, who last time I heard him was trying very hard not to).

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