Re: CHAT: Glottalized consonants

Adam Walker wrote, and others commented as well:

>>Danny Wier:
>> > This "implosive nasal"
>>
>>Yuk. :)
>
>Yuk, indeed!  It sounds like a snot snuff!
Uh, I better explain that one a little further.  It's not really an
implosive nasal in the sense of sucking air in the nose.  It's a consonant
that is executed like an implosive voiced stop, but with the nasal
component.  Actually it turns out to be a prenasalized voiced implosive stop
in practice.  (Those actually exist and are fairly common in Africa; I've
never seen a natlang example of a nasal implosive.)

Danny


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