Re: New H/G lang?
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 14, 1999, 0:25 |
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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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