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From: mcv@inter.NL.net (Miguel Carrasquer)
Subject: Re: German and French uvular 'r'
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 19:49:43 GMT
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In article <3aqmis$1sk@nyx.cs.du.edu>,
matteo pascoli <mpascoli@nyx.cs.du.edu> wrote:
> 
>Has the arabic 'ghain' a pronounce similar to "french" uvular r ?
> 

Uvular fricative "r" (the variant without trilling, just friction),
sits right between Arabic ghain and Arabic `ain in the IPA consonant
charts.

"Guttural" Fricatives:

	Palat.	Velar	Uvular	Phar.	Glottal
voiced	j	G	R"	?"	h"
v.less  C	x	X	H	h

j (fricative j) is a common variant of the usually frictionless English 
	"y" sound.
C (c-cedilla) is the German "ich"-sound.

G (gamma) is Arabic ghain (or Dutch g for speakers that distinguish it
	from [x]).
x is Spanish "jota", Scottish "loch", etc.

R" (turned R) is the untrilled fricative "French" r
X (Greek chi) is I believe the German "ach"-sound (can somebody
	please confirm that German "(a)ch" is not [x] but [X]?).

?" (inverted glottal stop) is Arabic `ain.
H (h-bar) is Arabic h. (as in Muh.ammad).

h" (hooktop h) is voiced h, as in Czech.
h is English etc. h

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