Re: linguolabials (was: Re: Hell hath no Fury)

I invented a freakfest of a conlang a few years back that included both a
linguolabial trill and a linguolabial click.  It had a full series of trills
and clicks/pops from the lips to the glottis.  It used whistles for vowels.
It also featured a "pro-verb" and forbade transitive verbs.  Like I said --
a freakfest.

Adam

>From: Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: linguolabials (was: Re: Hell hath no Fury)
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:31:49 +0200
>
>En réponse ?J Matthew Pearson <pearson@...>:
>
> >
> > Linguolabial sounds are extremely rare, but not at all hard to
> > pronounce,
> > IMO.  Just touch the tip of your tongue to your upper lip and release.
> > The
> > result sounds like a bizarre cross between /p/ and /t/ (which,
> > articulatorily speaking, it more-or-less is).  If you're having trouble
> > pronouncing linguolabials because of the teeth, then you're probably not
> > opening your mouth wide enough.
> >
>
>Then there is a problem of speed: by the time I manage to reach my upper
>lip
>with the tip of my tongue, I should already be at the end of the word :)) .
>A
>little like clicks, I can pronounce it in isolation, sometimes followed by
>a
>single vowel, but that's all... (if only I could hear a click actually used
>in
>speech, I would finally know how it really sounds like :) )
>
> > Ladefoged and Maddieson ("The Sounds of the World's Languages", 1996)
> > report the existence of linguolabials in a small group of languages
> > spoken
> > in Vanuatu.  Languages cited include Tangoa, Vao, and Umotina--none of
> > which I have heard of.  No other languages are known to have these
> > sounds.
> >
>
>The wonders of language...
>
>Christophe.
>
>http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
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