Re: CHAT: Introduction

Quoting Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>:

> I remember a discussion of the effects of racial underbite on the
> phonology of the language (I think it was concerning Andreas's
> Yargish).  I'd say that bilabial stops are difficult, if not
> impossible, and thus are missing from the language.  Instead of
> labiodentals (sounds articulated with the lower lip against the
> upper teeth) your race may have dentilabials (sounds articulated
> with the lower teeth against the upper lip, i.e. labiodentals
> upside-down) - which sound quite similar to labiodentals.
You most likely think rightly, cause the speakers of Yargish do indeed have
underbites and protruding fangs, and the language does indeed lack bilabials
and instead of labiodentals has dentilabials.

I've still not come around to writing anything really readable on Yargish, but a
basic introduction can be found at http://andjo.free.fr/conlang/yargish.html .

                                                          Andreas