Re: Ejectives, was Re: New H/G lang?

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Ed Heil wrote:
> > [w'] I can believe, since it's produced in the oral cavity.  But [m']
> > -- I'm trying it, and I'm finding it physically impossible.  Could it
> > perhaps be [m?] instead?
>
> Is there some difference between different people's vocal tracts?  I
> have absolutely no problem making glottalic airstream be nasal, in fact,
> I can do both implosive and ejective nasals alternating, by simply
> moving my glottis up and down over and over again.
>
        How do you do that? I maybe glottis-disabled but I can't move my
glottis, or anything further back in the mouth than the uvula,
voluntarily. This only thing I can control is voicing and making a
glottal stop. And even then, I don't know if I'm able to do a creaky
voice. How do you do all to be able to make those sounds? Is there a
special training to have?

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