Re: New H/G lang?

Maybe John shares my pathological method of attempting to produce
ejectives?

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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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Nik Taylor wrote:

> John Cowan wrote:
> > Voiceless laterals of any sort (as opposed to voiceless lateral
*fricatives*)
> > are rather rare anyway, because they are hard to hear.  Ejective nasals
> > as such are impossible, because the closure point is upstream of the
> > oral-nasal connection
>
> What are you talking about?  I can do it with no problem, the glottis is
> BELOW the oral-nasal connection.  I can't hear anything when I make a
> /n_0'/, but I can feel air going thru the nose, and I know that the
> glottis is closed.
>
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