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From: mathias@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Gerald B Mathias)
Subject: Re: "th" (was Language acquisition ...) 
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Muneo Saito (saito@lc.jasco.co.jp) wrote:

: One more note about Japanese pronounciation of "TH" sound.   In Tokyo area, 
: children tend to pronounce a "th" in place of a simple "s".  This phenomenon 
: disappears when they get as old as 10 years.   Both my wife and myself are from 
: Sendai (Mid Tohoku), but our children acquired the above tendency.

That's an interesting note.  "Th" is rare in the languages of earth
people, yet American children also lithp thometimeth.

I had wondered if Japanese children ever did.

(I'm crosslisting to sci.lang, just in case)

Bart Mathias


