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Did 'r' and 'rr' develop to different sounds in in romance languages? I just looked quickly at the probably bearnese article on wikipedia about Bearn and it looks like Spanish. --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> wrote: > > On Aug 15, 2011, at 11:05 AM, BPJ wrote: > > In Bearnese intervocalic //ll// became "r" (by which > > probably is meant an alveolar tap), and when it ended > > up finally it became [t] or [t_j],[^1] so apparently the > > retroflex pronunciation was once current there too. > > Benct, I don't see the footnote [1] here. What source were you thinking of? >