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Are there any words in English or other European languages that features the Hindi ठ sound? I can’t think of one
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TIL this is called an aspirated retroflex consonant I think I can instruct people to make the sound mechanically but I don’t think they can hear it I have similar issues with v/w. I can mechanically produce the difference but hear it unreliably at best
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The mouth and upper respiratory tract evolved a ton (along with our brains) as language evolved, so not really. Just because something comes phylogenetically later doesn't make it a "bolt-on" (avian wings)
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