Re: Iniital fragments of a non-human language

E fésto Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>:

> --- Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> wrote:
>> I'm riffing here, so try to bear with me while I try
>> not to spill over into
>> the realms of the hard-to-follow or barely-literate.
>>
>> Hmm.
>>
>> I think it's Werewolf language, but that's open to
>> change. In some of my
>> notes, I describe it as "Lizardman".
>
> Do lizards have lips?  How would they pronounce
> bilabials?
>
> A race of creatures without lips would have to talk
> like a human ventriliquist.
>
> "I'n thery hatty to de here tonight at the Las Thegas
> Hilton.  Let ne introduce ny little threind Althred.
> Say hello Althred."
Actually, I think /m/ should remain pronounceable by any creature that has
a nose and can close its mouth.  [Ventriloquists, of course, are not
allowed the latter luxury.]

I do remember reading a ST:TNG paperback a long while ago where a race of
anthropomorphic birds could only refer to the captain as "Ikkard".


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