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Re: Your Help Appreciated

From:John Mietus <sirchuck@...>
Date:Monday, May 8, 2000, 22:16
taliesin the storyteller spake, saying:

> * John Mietus <sirchuck@...> [000508 12:54]: >> Hello, >> >> Well, I knew I was a total amateur in this, but I'm sorry I've stirred up >> such controversy by my (now rather pathetic, I realize) attempts to explain >> the sounds of my proto-root language. Here's a stack of replies: >> > [..] >> Then, Nik Taylor spake, saying: >> >>> John Mietus wrote: >>>> Yes, a non-nasal /m/ where the lips do not actually touch. >>> >>> Is there nasalization involved? >> >> Not really...I originally thought of it as a "v" sound where there is no >> dental element, hence the orthographic "vh". > > Hmm... maybe you mean an approximant v, like script v in Norwegian? > > > t.
I believe so, yes. John