Re: Linguolabial

I recall that Heinlein's Martian language, which we discussed some time
ago, included the "raspberry" sound as described in Double Star.
John Leland

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Adam Walker wrote:

> Sorry about my response time.  I've been busy with
> dead people in Tennessee.  Yes.  I worked on a
> language some years back that was very much an alien
> language and made use of both linguolabial trills AND
> a linguolabial click.  That language also
> distinguished an interdental trill and click as well
> as a interlabial trill (raspberry).  All intitial
> conconants in that language were trills and all final
> consonants were trills.  All vowels were whistles.
>
> Adam the wierdo
>
> --- Ian Spackman <ianspackman@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > ><<<<
> > > >My understanding is that they do occur, but in a
> > very small number of
> > > >languages - possibly only a single language
> > family, New Guinea perhaps,
> > > >but my memory is not quite precise enough. I
> > forget how they're
> > > >represented in IPA, but I think there is a way.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >
> > > >I remember to have read that a South American
> > language also has a
> > >linguolabial. Unfortunatley, I 've forgotten the
> > source and the language .....
> > > >Rob
> >
> >
> > So, has anyone come up with a (presumably alien)
> > conlang with linguonasals? :)
> >
> > Ian
>
>
> =====
> Il prori ul pa&#38621;veju fi dji atexindu mutu madji
> fached. -- Carrajena proverb
>