Temujin (was: new Unnamed Conlang)

Paul Bennett wrote at 2004-09-17 17:01:19 (-0400)
 > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 20:09:00 +0200, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
 > wrote:
 >
 > > Quoting Rodlox R <rodlox@...>:
 > >
 > >> > > kh (like "KHaan" in Mongolian)
 > >> >
 > >> >Mongolian might be a poor example, since very few people speak it.
 > >>
 > >> you never heard of Gengis Khan?  :)
 > >
 > > I have, and usually pronounced ['jINIs 'kA:n].
 > >
 > > (How do anglophones pronounce it?)
 >
 > This anglophone has /gG)eNgIs xAn/ ~ /geNgIs kAn/ but some say
 > /dZ)endZ)Is/
 >

/dZendZIs/?  Really?  I say /dZENgIs xAn/, which seems the most
reasonable pronunciation of the English spelling "Genghis Khan" given
the Mongolian "Chinggis Khan" "Чингис Хаан" (which I make /tSiNgis
xQ:n/, or maybe /xQ:N/, based on Omniglot, but I can't find any
reliable sources on Mongol phonology, so don't take it as gospel - I'm
just making a point about the consonants in the first word, which seem
fairly certain).

The _New Oxford Dictionary of English_ offers /gENgIs kA:n/, /dZENgIs
kA:n/ so, no, it's not a reliable example of a velar fricative or
affricate.