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

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


--Pablo Flores
  http://draseleq.conlang.org/pablo-david/