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> Compare the Japanese with the difficulty of 'l' vs 'r'. This comparison is not apt. Japanese has neither l nor r; the sound commonly transliterated as "r" is
by amake 10y ago
> Compare the Japanese with the difficulty of 'l' vs 'r'.
This comparison is not apt. Japanese has neither l nor r; the sound commonly transliterated as "r" is a different sound.
- shagie 10y agoIt is a sound that lies between the two liquids in English. The words "flesh" and "fresh" sound the same t0 the ear that doesn't hear them. By way of http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/112384/do-all-native-english-speakers-actually-pronounce-the-th-sound http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/112384/do-all-native-... > However, even before their first birthdays, babies begin to lose the ability to hear the distinctions among phonemes in languages other than their own. From http://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/language-acquisition http://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-tra...