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Yes. Very few non-Dravidian languages spoken in India, have that specific sound. The only exception I can think of is Marathi. The 'el' in 'sakal' is roughly t
by srean 9mo ago
Yes. Very few non-Dravidian languages spoken in India, have that specific sound.
The only exception I can think of is Marathi. The 'el' in 'sakal' is roughly the same.
- neya 9mo agoWow, I didn't know this. Thanks for sharing!
- srean 9mo agoMarathi also has the ch vs ts thing. Similar issues turns up in transliterating Cyrillic -- Chebyshev vs Tschebyshev.
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- shash 9mo agoTechnically it’s a retroflex approximant [1] and is found in many places (often not as a separate character or phoneme). But I think we’ve hijacked a cultural thread with enough phonetics for now! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_retroflex_approximant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_retroflex_approximant