Re: A Conlang, created by the group?

> I don't want to get involved in this project (too much work!)
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
>
>

Arabic does. But its pronunciation was kept intangible for centuries through reciting Qoran.

Maybe that's why it combines the sounds q and f ? (or maybe not)

Mathias



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