Re: Brr (was: Re: A few questions about linguistics concerning my new project)

Henrik Theiling wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Philip Newton  writes:
>> ...
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_vowel_system ;
>> ...
>
> One of the languages listed there, Arrernte, has prestopped nasals.  I
> like that, too.  It seems to go well with the syllable structure of
> VC(C).  I wonder whether for a more onset-oriented speaker, this
> language would sound spoken backward... :-)
It is worth noting that it's only *argued* that the syllable structure
is VC(C). My phonology teacher at uni last year, who worked with
aboriginal languages, did not with the idea (but she was rushing through
the end of a lecture and didn't get a chance to elaborate on it).

Still, this looks like another scary language...

--
Tristan.