Re: G'amah phonology
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 21, 2000, 2:42 |
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Roger Mills wrote:
> Difficult but not impossible, it just involves more transitional movement of
> the back of the tongue...[ixa] or [ixO] are easy, [ixi] almost impossible to
> do smoothly.
I disagree, I find no trouble whatsoever in making [ixi]. Of course,
the English /i/ *does* have a tendency to be a little less fronted than
the CV /i/, but even making the cardinal vowel /i/ (that is, as far
fronted and as high as possible), [ixi] isn't that tough.
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