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Re: New H/G lang?

From:Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Monday, October 11, 1999, 21:37
Ed Heil wrote:

> -- though there is no end to human > linguistic ingenuity, so I have no doubt they exist, and there is some > good reason they are described as "voiceless glottalic ingressives."
When he said that, I specifically asked him whether they were aspirated or not, and he said they aren't. Plus, I think they're only allophones of the regular voiced ingressive consonants, so it's not even a phonological contrast. ======================================================= Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." Denn wo Begriffe fehlen, Da stellt ein Wort zur rechten Zeit sich ein. -- Mephistopheles, in Goethe's _Faust_ ========================================================