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Betreft: PHON: Xkanxey and a question

From:Rob Nierse <rnierse@...>
Date:Thursday, December 2, 1999, 7:33
>>> FFlores <fflores@...> 12/02 12:05 >>>
I wrote:
> In Xkanxey (<x> =3D retroflex s) there are three genders named after > "elements": air, water and earth.
Speaking of which, I'm going to change some things about Xkanxey. First of all I have to get rid of that horrible <x>. And then
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That's funny. I'm struggling to get /x/ into one of my langs (I want to give it an Aztec look). <<<<<<<< How do you call a click that you produce with the tongue in position for /n^/ (Spanish <=F1>)? I understand that a palatal click is somehow different...
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I don't know. Why not palatal click? If the POA is were /n^/ is,=20 I think it should be called palatal.