Teoh wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 01:31:22AM -0600, Nik Taylor wrote:
> > /N/ in non-English positions can be fun. :-) It's a great way to make
> > an alien-sounding word without hard sounds. :-) Like, take gazh
> > (/NaZ/), the word for "world" in Ivetsian.
>
> It's not *that* alien-sounding... even English speakers do it sometimes,
> just unconsciously.
Then why is it so difficult to get Engl. speakers to pronounce it in
Indonesian??? Remember the various manglings of Pres. Ngo Dinh Diem's name,
way back when?
> > /gl/ became /dl/ which in turn became /dK\/ -> /K\/ (that's voiced
> > lateral fricative if I got the symbol wrong)
> [snip]
>
> Now, *that* is a cool sound. I need to introduce that sound into
> Ebisedian's daughter langs. :-)
>
Agree. Gwr has it, written "ll" in romanization. I'd assumed it came only
from *dVlV... but *gVlV... is certainly a possibility too.