> At least according to my book on phonetics (Catford), an ejective is
> produced by closing the glottis, and raising it to produce pressure in
> the vocal cavity.
>
> Now, the nasal passage is not affected by a closed glottis, which is
> the point of being able to close the glottis -- it allows one to
> swallow without getting food in one's lungs.
>
> Since a nasal is a consonant where air flows out the nasal passage,
> and the glottis is unable to propel air out the nasal passage, by
> definition one cannot have an ejective nasal.
>
> However, one could have a nasal quickly followed by a glottal stop,
> and this might form part of a pattern where it played a role analogous
> to glottalics, so for all intents and purposes there might be a nasal
> in a row of ejectives.
>
> I'll be interested to hear more from Rob about this.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Ed doesn't know everything, but he hasn't figured that out yet.
> Please break it to him gently. edheil@postmark.net
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>
> FFlores wrote:
>
> > 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/
> >
>