Re: Name mangling (Was: Re: First Sound Recording of Asha'ille!)

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 16:08:56 -0500, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:

>
> There just isn't much recourse in Standard Kash. Alternatives might be:
> hen-vik, hénuwik, maybe "compound" hen-hik [xEn.xik].
>
> For all I know, they don't even have an uvula (what purpose does it serve in
> us, anyway? Trips the gag reflex?)... Other Kash langs. may have a velar
> fricative, but heaven knows what the -nG- cluster would evolve to.
> he~Gik?  hemwik? heNwik?
No one really knows exactly what it's for. Some think it helps block
the nasal passage when swallowing, but myself, for instance, sometimes
it doesn't help :).

Anyway, revising my example based off of what Henrik said, then
there's not much recourse either. You'd get:

Henhik /hen'hik/
Hengik /he'Nik/
Henik /he'nik/
Hegik /he'gik/
Henggik /heN'gik/

The latter is probably the most likely

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