Re: Question about clicks

From: "Danny Wier" <dawier@...>

> Which is more likely to produce a (dental) click in rapid speech: /tk/ or
> /kt/? Would it be the same after vowels as before?  ~D~
Answered my own question -- /tk/. The dental would be released before the
velar, and by regressive assimilation, /t'ka/ "Techian (f.)" is pronounced
something like [|h&] (or [|x&]).

And the sequence /tq/ would produce a uvular-based click, or what I call a
"clock".

~Danny~