Re: nasalless and stopless language
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, July 28, 2000, 23:40 |
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dirk elzinga wrote:
> Exactly. They are also exceedingly easy to produce. To make one, you
> only have to throw one articulator against another. Fricatives require
> much more precise control.
Which is why children learns sounds like /d/ and /b/ and /m/ before
sounds like /f/ and /z/
> 1) lowering the larynx
Indeed, geminate voiced stops sometimes become implosives for that very
reason. I'm considering that change for descendants of Watakassí, or at
least some. Perhaps other descendants might use affricates? Would
changes like /d:/ -> /dz/ be reasonable, do you think? Seems probable
enough to me.
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