Sounds in Conlangs (and Qthen|gai in Chinese)

Hi!

Tristan Mc Leay <conlang@...> writes:
>..
> As far as I know, linguists (as a species, not as individuals) don't
> make aesthetic judgements in this day and age. As for me, I think [X] is
> a pretty unpleasant sound, and think it should be stricken from the
> table and relegated to a subordinate position as a footnote to the chart.
Boooooo! :-)

The uvular row of Qthen|gai is (after the latest phoneme changes):

   /X q qX) Xq ql qT N\G\/

/ql/ may have an allophone [qK], I havn't decided yet.

And *I* like those sounds! :-)

What I don't like much are labials and palatals. :-P

BTW, I gave Qthen|gai a Chinese name, namely

   keng1  kai3         yu3
   U+542d U+4057       U+8a9e
   throat clear/bright language

Unfortunately, 'kai3' seems to be pretty unknown to fonts and probably
to Chinese, too.  It is in the Unicode supplement range, but I like it
so much! :-)

Does anyone know the character? Do you like that translation?

**Henrik