Re: sounds

>From: # 1 <salut_vous_autre@...>
>
>are there natlang using nasal implosives?
I don't know, but non-pulmonic consonants are marked enough that it's
possible.

>I imagine is probably possible to nasalize ejectives and clicks but I
>didn't
>succed, probably because I'm not used to unvoiced nasals and that I still
>not understood how are clicks produced.
>
>
>I know that all the pulmonic consonants can be nasalised but I never saw it
>for non-pulmonic ones
>
>are these possible?
It is possible for velaric consonants (clicks), and in fact almost every
language I've seen with velaric consonants has contrasted nasals with voiced
with voiceless, at least.  That's one of the reasons why such languages
often have tremendous numbers of consonants.

As for ejectives, I think it's unlikely.  Ejectives must be voiceless, and
the nasal cavity must be closed in order to build up pressure.  I'd say it's
impossible, but if ejectives have a nasty habit of doing "impossible" things
in obscure languages.

Athey

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