Re: Conlang with whistles

 --- Paul Roser <pkroser@...> wrote

> Are your stops and plain approximants voiced or
> voiceless?
>
> Bfowol
My stops are voiceless.  Plain s is a voiceless
alveolar fricative.  Plain w is... well, I just
pronounced it how I would normally pronounce a w.
Definitely voiced syllable-initially, though I don't
think there were any examples in that position in the
sentences I gave you.  Might be voiceless after stops,
I'm not sure.  I don't think it really matters.  I
think WiSaWiSa can't make a distinction between voiced
and voiceless.

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!

Rachel Klippenstein

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