Re: Goblin phonology

At 14:06 +1200 12.8.1999, andrew wrote:

>What's interested me is no semi-vowels w
>or y except as offglides (ai and au), or if no w then no v either.  Would
>such omissions be normal in a natural language?  Any suggestions or
>examples?
>
>- andrew.
Clearly, those sounds are difficult to produce for people with large,
protruding fangs! ;-)

I'm fascinated by the coexistence of uvular "r" and "gh"!  Maybe those
guys.EPICENE had very large uvulae too.  Probably from growling a lot...

FWIW Munster Irish has both /R/ and /Q/ too, and T. mentions that he
disliked "Gaelic" -- which he elsewhere subdivided into "Scots G." and
"Irish G." --, but liked the land and people of Ireland (tho most probably
qua *English* speakers who didn't think his religious affiliation was
strange or problematic! :)


/BP

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