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Errata et Corrigenda (Re: Frase Phonology: Final Form(s))

--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "habarakhe4" <Anthony.Miles@...> 
wrote:
>
> Frase ([fr\a:"se] or [fxa:"se]
> (Z-Sampa)
<snip>
> Fricatives: Voiceless: f s x*
> Fricatives: Voiced: v z
Frase has [s] and [z], NOT [s_d] and [z_d], as French. 
> Approximants: r\* j w
> Lateral Approximants: l\ (which has wide realizations)
Lateral Approximants: l (not l\)

> *Each dialect uses either (aut .. aut) [r\] or [x]. [x] is more 
common.
> 
> And in 'new' semantic distinctions:
> latwal 'star', letwal 'stars'
> lazetwal 'starfield', ; lezetwal 'starfields'
>

Also, if [H] is to [y] as [w] and [j] to [u] and [i], perhaps [h] 
becomes [j]. Or would outsiders hear [H] as [w]?