Re: Introducing myself to the list
| From: | Marcus Smith <smithma@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 17, 2000, 7:10 |
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At 6/17/00 01:46 AM -0500, you wrote:
>Danny Wier wrote:
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>> Spirant: f' f v (first an ejective fricative)
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>> Nasal: m' mh m (first an implosive nasal; second a voiceless/aspirated
>> nasal)
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>Did you get those glottalized fricatives and nasals from a real natlang?
>I don't think I've ever heard of any like that (FWIW).
I'm not familiar with an ejective fricative, but glottalized nasals are found
in many of the Na-Dene languages (Navajo, Eyak, Haida, and Tlingit --
actually,
I'm not so sure about Tlingit). Salishan languages, I believe, have aspirated
nasals, or maybe I'm thinking of Wakashan.
Marcus