Re: labiodental approximant transliterated as V or W?

Ruud Harmsen wrote:
2 Dec 2006 04:12:24 -0800: "ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx"
<ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

I don't know about Finnish, but the <w> approximants of Dutch and
Hawaiian are not the same approximant; only the former is labiodental.

... in some variants of the language, and even then only in non-final
position (in medial position it varies).
http://rudhar.com/fonetics/fvw.htm

I can't tell your f and v apart.

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