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

I shall add to the thread...

>From: FFlores <fflores@...>
...

>Ed Heil <edheil@...> wrote:
>
> > I don't believe ejective nasals are possible, because the glottis
> > cannot be used to produce an airstream in the nasal tract, only the
> > oral cavity.  And there can be no voice with an ejective, because the
> > vocal cords are shut completely in order to produce the ejective
> > pressure.
>
>I've been trying to follow the discussion and I don't think
>I have anything to add, except this: I think I *can* make an
>ejective nasal /n_?/, (orally) unvoiced... or maybe I'm not
>releasing both stops at the same time. Is something horribly
>wrong with my vocal/nasal tract? :-O
I'm trying, but I end up with an implosive nasal.  Or more probably a
prenasalized implosive voiced stop: [nd`] [mb`] [Ng`] etc.  (Incidentally,
these are found in Tech, a result of nasalization mutation of ejective
stops/affricates: [?@ k`IrX] "the ice" > [?O N`IrX] or [?O Ng`IrX] "of the
ice")

I can also produce a "creaky-voiced" nasal...

Danny

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