Re: USAGE: [YAEPT] (was Re: "To whom")

Hi!

"J. 'Mach' Wust" <j_mach_wust@...> writes:
>...
> That reminds me that I've heard somewhere that there are some exotic
> languages that allow the combinations [t_}d] or [d_}t] at the beginning of a
> word! My ears and my mouth immediately rebelled. ...
Oh yes, Zhu|'hoansi for one, IIRC.  I think the voiced one comes first
there.  And, what's fascinating, the language contrasts it with
something like /t/, /d/, /t_h/ and /t_>/. :-)

Concerning [t_}d] inside words, I think I have this in German
|mitdenken|: ['mIt_},dENk_nN=] and similar words, but not at
beginnings of words as that marvelous language.

Zhu|'hoansi also has a velar contrast /gk/ [g_}k], and what even more
fascinating, keeps that contrast for clicks!  So you get clicks that
start voiced and are released voiceless.  Great! :-) I don't know how
this can possibly be distinguished when a *loud* palatal *PLOCK*
overlays it all. :-)

**Henrik