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Re: Nonpulmonic conlang?

From:John Vertical <johnvertical@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 11:22
>> I've had a nonpulmonic conlang in the works since forever. Mostly because I >> don't want to rush it.
(Sai:)
>Any chance you could put up a video (youtube?) of your phonemic >inventory for my phonetically-inept understanding? Maybe some words?
My video options are limited - but I don't think visuals would be of much help here anyway. I keep meaning to make audio recordings of these and various other exotic sounds I've managed to get a grasp of. Maybe this Xmas breik... (Ray:)
>I have no doubt it's pronounceable - but aren't you in fact using a >couple of ejectives anyway (which I haven't mastered yet).
Not _here_, but in certain other projects, yes. They become much easier over practice (and discover'd I had been using them in emphatic speech anyway!)
> but [i\]? Simple ;)
Not so much when your L1 has vowel harmony. :) John Vertical

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