Re: Conlang with whistles
| From: | Paul Roser <pkroser@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, February 21, 2003, 20:11 |
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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 23:22:33 -0500, Rachel Klippenstein
<estel_telcontar@...> wrote:
>But have you thought about the possibility of voiced
>whistles? There was a time a few years ago when I was
>trying to learn to whistle and sing/hum at the same
>time. I can do a simple tune in unison, though not
>very well in tune. If only I could whistle and sing
>in harmony with myself!
I can make some whistles voiced, but not reliably. When I produce them I
don't think I hum, but the aerodynmaics that produce the whistle are
distorted, producing an odd sort of buzzing. They'd be interesting to
include in a non-human language, but not in one that I'd actually plan on
speaking!
Bfowol