Re: New Conlang: S4

Hi!


Paul Roser <pkroser@...> writes:
> Henrik Theiling wrote:
> >
> > Can you tell me more about the uvular release instead of velar release
> > you mentioned?
...
>
> Uvular accompaniments of clicks are produced by a back closure
> that is uvular rather than velar, and can pretty much occur in
> all the varieties that velar accompaniments do (ie, plain,
> aspirated, affricated, pre-nasalized, ejective, ejective affricate,
> etc.)
Hmm.  I have to practice that!  Currently, I cannot produce clicks
without closing the velum, too.  It seems that my tongue does not know
how to produce a closed volume that extends from the tongue tip back
to uvular position.  Interesting.  Are there any sound samples
available?  If possible to utter, an alveolo-palatal uvular click must
sound extremely nice and full.  But how to do that?? :-)))

(And thanks again: ejective clicks were not featured in my conlang
yet, but because it has ejectives, I think I have to introduce them,
too. :-)) )

**Henrik