Re: Conlang Christmas

Hi!

Benct Philip Jonsson writes:
> On 1.1.2008 Henrik Theiling wrote:
>> <tl> is [htl] in Icelandic (or [htK] for some
>> dialects, IIRC).
>
> If I understand Stefán Einarsson correctly this is part of
> the hardmæli/linmæli business. I have problems not to
> pronounce <ll> as [tK], but I never heard anyone complain,
> so I guess there is preaspiration in <tl> even for hardmæli
> speakers, since I'd have a minimal distinction [htK]--[tK],
> but people accepted my pronunciation. Or people weren't as
> hard on me as I asked them to be! :-)
Dunno whether you know this publication, but I found the following
dissertation quite interesting:

http://www.tungutaekni.is/news/Towards%20Speech%20Synthesis%20for%20Icelandic.pdf

**Henrik