Re: Questions on Proto-Indo-European

En réponse à Quentin Read <quonton79@...>:

>> And if
>> only a small breath separated b from bh, wouldn't it
>> be hard to tell them apart in speech?
No--in fact, the difference is extremely striking. It's not only a small
breath, but actually a different *quality* of voicing, which is why it's
called "breathy voiced"--the vocal cords are actually held in a different
way than for ordinary voicing. I recommend finding some tapes (or speakers)
of Hindi, as it's hard to imagine what this sounds like without an example.


Cheers,
   Josh

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Josh Brandt-Young <vionau@...>
"After the tempest I behold, once more, the weasel."
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