Re: More wierd phonemes

--- Paul Bennett <paulnkathy@...> wrote:
> I've been inspired by all the talk of phonology on
> the lsit recently, and
> I'm rebuilding Thagojian phonology quite
> extensively.
...
> I've also decided that the two phonemic vowels are
> going to be
> differentiated front-unrounded vs back-rounded
> instead of close-unrounded
> vs open-rounded, with deep representations /e/ and
> /o/ replacing the
> earlier /M/ and /Q/  (x-sampa as always...)
Hey, cool!  Sounds really Proto-Indo-European!

> Anyway, my question is:
>
> Is there a natlang precedent (and/or existing name?)
> for the 'hissing'
> consonant (fricative?) produced by keeping the
> tongue in a lax / schwa-like
> position, and producing either voiced or voiceless
> breath with the teeth
> together and causing friction?
Egads, that'd be a dento-dental, or bidental,
fricative.

> It sounds to me somewhere between /S/ and /f/ (or
> /Z/ and /v/), but is
> obviously a totally different sound.
>
> Any (more) ideas, anyone?
I can't tell you if there's natlang precedent, not
having any books with me right now, but I believe it'd
be called a bidental fricative.

Ed


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