Re: New H/G lang?

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> John Cowan wrote:
> > 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.
Yes, you are right.  I was making ejectives with a *velar* closure.
(Does anybody use those sounds?  Essentially egressive clicks.)

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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