Re: New conlang and new non-subscribing conlanger!
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, October 26, 1999, 23:21 |
Daniel Andreasson wrote:
> Another thing is that we have /q/ but no voiced equivalent.
That's not very unusual at all. A lot of langs have /q/ but no voiced
uvular stop. Which makes sense, if you think about it. /G"/ is (at
least I think so) harder to make than /q/, due to the narrow space
between the glottis and the uvula for vibrating.
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