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Re: Nasal semivowels/fricatives?

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, February 17, 2000, 1:40
Ed Heil wrote:
> * I understand that voiced ejectives are said to in > fact exist, but as I understand ejectives that would > be a contradiction in terms -- the necessary glottis > settings for ejectives and voice are not compatible.
From what I understand - and I may be way off here - "voiced ejectives" are really sequences of voiced stops followed by ejectives -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor