Re: Llirine: introduction and phonology

David Peterson wrote:
>     A couple things with this.  First of all, nasals are basically plosives
> with the air flowing through the nose
Plosives are defined by ORAL closure.  Nasals are not plosives.

> Second, there's no reason they wouldn't be able to make stops with
> a spread glottis--that is, aspirated stops.  That way air can still flow and
> there can still be a stop.
But there'd still be a stoppage of airflow, because the closure in the
mouth blocks the flow of air.

> So, I can't see them being able to produce a
> click...  Well, unless there was air flowing out of the nose.  Is that what a
> nasalized click is?
Nasalized click refers to a nasal "hum" coarticulated, that is, a /N/
pronounced at the same time.  If the vocal cords were at rest, there'd
be no nasal sound.  So, a click can still be made without stopping
breathing.

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