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Re: Ejectives (was: Is this a realistic phonology?)

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Monday, March 8, 1999, 22:01
John Cowan wrote:

> Ejectives are inherently unvoiced, since the airway is blocked > and the vocal cords cannot be activated.
Well, strictly speaking, not according to Ladefoged. IIRC, he says they are probably *possible*, but no extant languages have them, and it's easy to see why. Same thing with implosives, mutatis mutandis. But note that I'm not absolutely sure about this, so I may be wrong. ======================================================= Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." There's nothing particularly wrong with the proletariat. It's the hamburgers of the proletariat that I have a problem with. - Alfred Wallace ========================================================