Re: various types of /r/ (was: This Is German "No, No, Oh No" Day)

Adam Funk (in sci.lang):



Just out of curiosity, are there any languages with two or more "r"
sounds (rolled, trilled, guttural, tapped, &c.) as phonemes?


AFAIK, modern Greek Gamma γ before a dark vowel sounds like a uvular r,
while rho ρ is a flapped r.

Joachim
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