Re: Describing the Welsh LL to non-linguists

I'd describe it as follows:
Start with pronouncing a really long, sustained [l]. Now stop
pronouncing it, but keep your tongue in the same position. Now without
moving your tongue, blow air out, which should flow along both sides
of the tongue.

As for transliterations: I've used "lh" for /K/ and "llh" for /K\/.

René


2008/11/14 Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>:
> This may be a somewhat unusual request for Conlang-L, but it *is*
> linguistics-related, so I'll ask anyway.
>
> I'm writing a story for NaNoWriMo and in it, my main character trips
> over pronouncing a word that starts with /ɬ/. How would a non-linguist
> describe how it sounds or feels to pronounce? I'm not entirely sure
> *I* am pronouncing /ɬ/ right, so your descriptions will also help me.
> :) This is only mentioned in passing, since I'm not writing in the
> Phonology Thriller genre ;) but I would still like to get the
> description right.
>
> Also, what transliterations are there besides "ll" for voiceless
> lateral fricatives?
>
>
> Thanks,
> AA

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