Re: Nasal semivowels/fricatives?

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> >Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> >> First, The nasal cavity is a little open but the oral cavity is closed.
> >> Then I close both the oral and nasal cavity, then I open both (whereas for
> >> a simple stop I would open only the oral cavity).
> >
> >So, if I understand correctly, the following sound would be nasalized?
> >I.e., ~da would be something like [nda~]?
> >
>
> Maybe slightly, but I'm not even sure of that. Anyway, I don't nasalise
> vowels after a normal nasal like /m/, so I don't do that either with those
> nasalised stops like ~b.
There must be at least a tiny bit of nasalization if you open the nasal
cavity.  Perhaps something like [nd] followed by an ultra-short [a~] and
then an oral [a]?  Overall, VERY interesting sound!

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