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Re: new(?) phoneme discovered

From:<veritosproject@...>
Date:Friday, March 10, 2006, 15:14
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 >