Re: Georgian consonant clusters and syllables

Rob Nierse wrote at 2004-01-06 10:12:11 (+0100)
 > Tristan wrote:

 > >> I've read that the formidable clusters in Salishan languages
 > >> (like the Nuxalk example above) _don't_ contain epenthetics, and
 > >> that these languages sound much more consonantal than
 > >> Georgian. I can't find > >>any recordings of these, though.
 > >
 > >If anyone else can, that would be interesting to hear.
 >
 > Sorry for replying late once more.
 >
 > I have recordings on tape of Sechelt (Salishan) containing words with
 > those clusters like q_wls-stx_w-cx_w 'you made it cook'
 > (I'm not sure about q_wls 'cook', tho, I haven't got the matrial here
 > with me).
 >
 > I just lack the means and knowledge to transfer the tape to mp3
 > or something like that. As soon as anyone can help me with that,
 > I'm willing to send you some files.
 >
 > Rob

That would be very interesting.  Tell me, do you have a computer with
a sound card, and a microphone?  If you have that, it should be fairly
easy to play the tape into the microphone, and have the machine record
it as a .wav file (which could then be converted to an mp3).  That's
probably the simplest way to do it, although it may not produce the
highest-quality files.  If you don't have a microphone, it'll be more
difficult, of course.