Re: new(?) phoneme discovered

My [y] tends to have a whistling effect...

On 3/10/06, René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...> wrote:
> Today, while driving to work, I accidentally discovered a new phoneme.
> It appears to be possible to make a voiceless whistling sound between
> the glottis.
>
> Questions:
> - is anyone familiar with this sound?
> - is there an IPA symbol for it?
> - does anyone know any natlangs which use this phoneme?
> - what other whistling phonemes exist in IPA?
>
> Thanks,
> René
>