Re: Tallefkeul: tones and whatnot

 --- Andreas Johansson skrzypszy:

> One day or another, I'm going to understand how [mbr] is easier to pronounce
> than [mr].
That's quite simple in my opinion. Both [m] and [r] are voiced, but [m] is
pronounced with your mouth closed, while [r] is pronounced with your mouth
open. It would be easiest if the cluster is pronounced with the air stream
unbroken. Now, - at least in my case - on the moment when the lips separate,
they automatically produce a small [b], unless I really control them.

All this of course under the condition that the [r] is a trill.

Jan

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