Rob,
I was under the impression that "Glottalic" and "Ejective" were two
terms for the same phenomenon -- a consonant produced with glottalic
egressive initiation. What's the distinction?
Ed
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Ed doesn't know everything, but he hasn't figured that out yet.
Please break it to him gently. edheil@postmark.net
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R. Nierse wrote:
> ----------
> > Van: Paul Bennett <Paul.Bennett@...>
> > Aan: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
> > Onderwerp: Re: New H/G lang?
> > Datum: maandag 11 oktober 1999 14:55
> >=20
> > Rob writes:
> > >>>>>>
> > Do you mean ejectives and/or glottalics and/or clicks?
> > <<<<<<
> > Glottalics...? Hmm... I'll change one of my click rows into Glottali=
cs.=20
> I
> > wasn't sure that all 8 POAs could support two audibly distinguishable
> clicks,
> > but didn't know what else to do with them. Now I know. Thanks!
> >=20
> Well, you have three now: ejective, glottalic, click:
> E.g.
> p' t' k'
> p? t? k?
> @ c q (well [q] is really retroflex ...)
>=20
> BTW, I only know of 1 natlang that distinguishes between [k'] and [k?].=
In
> Yucatec Maya there is a difference between k'=E0an 'hammock' and k?=E0a=
n
> (forgot what is was, it was k- 'our' + ?=E0an '?')