Re: ng vs w

alexandre lang wrote:
>> From: Peter Clark <peter-clark@...>
>> Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>> Subject: Re: ng vs w
>> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:12:30 -0600
>>
>> On Saturday 29 March 2003 07:10 pm, alexandre lang wrote:
>> > I am able to speak french and english fluently, i studied spanish for 3
>> > years and i know a few words in japanese and Mandarin. And yes, those
>> are
>> > exactly the phonemes i have, how did you know? =P
>>         Ok, so you do know the difference between /w/ and /v/ then. Just
>> checking.
>>         And I knew the phonemes because I am exceedingly brilliant. ;>
>>         :Peter
>>
>> --
>> Oh what a tangled web they weave who try a new word to conceive!
>
>
> Ah, then could your exceeding brilliancy tell me why the /w/ in the IPA
> chart isn't with the consonants?
AIUI, it doesn't fit into the main pulmonic consonants chart because
it's a coarticulation--both bilabial and velar--so it would have to be
in two columns at once. It's still a pulmonic consonant though.

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