Re: A Conlang, created by the group?

>* Phonology:
>1. Vowels: i y e a o u (agreed so far I think)
>2. Consonants:
>stops   p b t d k  g  q qg
>frics   f v s z kh gh       h
>nasals  m   n   ng
>approx  w   j
>others      l r
>
>
>--Pablo Flores
>
I don't want to get involved in this project (too much work!) but I just
want to make this comment:  The consonants q and qg (as I've seen their
sounds described in previous posts) are made far back in the mouth, while f
and v are made far forward, and I find it physically difficult to follow q
or qg with f or v for that reason: Specifically, my jaw slips backward to
make q or qg, and then I have to move my jaw forward before I can make the f
or v -- for, if I don't, my upper front teeth will touch so far forward on
my lower lip (in making f or v) that my mouth will virtually close (turning
the f into p or the v into b).

Is this just me, or do natural languages that have back-of-the-throat
consonants tend to not have f and v?

-- Tommie