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Re: aspirated m?

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Monday, November 22, 2004, 16:32
Sally Caves wrote:

> > >> In Welsh, though, I think /mh/ is actually voiceless >> [m]. > > > > In Welsh, there is no real aspirated "m"; phrases like fy mhen, "my > head," > are pronounced /vVm'hEn/. Like "some help." That's why I developed an > "aspirated m, n, and ng" in Teonaht. You shape these sounds and while > holding them breathe out through your nose. If your nose is stopped > up, it > goes right up your eustachian tubes. Not pleasant. :)
In spoken Welsh, however 'fy' is often missed out, resulting in [mhen] - which could be an aspirated Nasal, I'm not sure.

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Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Donald Goodman III <dgoodmaniii@...>
Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>