Re: Conlang with whistles

 --- Garth Wallace skrzypszy:

> That reminds me of the overtone singing ("throat singing") found in Tuva
> and some other traditional cultures. Is a tonal language using
> overtone-singing possible, or do those sounds require too much more
> practice or instruction than the phones described by the IPA?
Beautiful, isn't it? :)

AFAIK, overtone singing is a matter of many years' training. Those Mongolian
overtone singers can do so, because they have done it since early childhood (I
remember hearing an 11 years old boy singing with an incredibly deep bass and a
lot of overtones).
Nevertheless, it can be learnt, but it won't come easily. And I have NEVER
heard a woman doing it.

Jan

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