R: Re: /H/ (was: An Unknown Conlang)

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> Very true - and I'm not convinced /H/ has _phonemic_ status in French
either.
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What is a 'phonemic status'?

I don't know what you mean. Maybe you mean the sound /H/, (semi)consonantal
and present only in clusters, is never found alone so it is never felt as an
indipendent sound? As in Italian, where you have /dZ/ but never /Z/ alone?

Luca