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In russian and (I believe) other slavic languages the word is not мат (mat) but rather мать (mat') That t' is patalized dental t which is closer to [ts] as in cats than to alveolar [t].
In russian and (I believe) other slavic languages the word is not мат (mat) but rather мать (mat') That t' is patalized dental t which is closer to [ts] as in cats than to alveolar [t].
