Re: The Combos [hj] [hw] and [gw] in Conlangs
| From: | Carlos Thompson <carlos_thompson@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 31, 2000, 18:23 |
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Leo Moser wabbe:
> Some sounds in Conlangs are rather rare in
> natural languages. The combinations [hj]
> [hw] and [gw] are hard to track.
Well, let's say first that my dialect of Spanish uses [h] for {j},
instead of Peninsular [x].
> In-re HJ:
[...]
> Can any of you cite languages that make
> regular use of [hj] or close approximations?
Words like _cogiendo_ /kohjendo/, _higiene_ /ihjene/, _neuralgia_
/new4alhja/, _adagio_ /adahjo/ all have [hj] in my dialect.
> In-re HW:
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> What other natural or constructed languages
> make use of [hw-] or have (more or less)
> similar sounds?
Words like _juega_ /hwega/, _Juan_ /hwan/, _ajuar_ /ahwar/ means that
my dialect have [hw].
And Spanish has of course [gw], either as a sound by its own: pingüino
/pingwino/, cigüeña /sigweJa/, Paraguay /pa4agwaj/, guaraní
/gwa4ani/... or as a realization of syllable inicial /w/: huevo
[gweBo], web [gweB], etc.
-- Carlos Th