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Re: Tones to make up for lack of phonemes

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Saturday, December 27, 2008, 16:07
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
wrote:
> > > Matthew Turnbull <ave.jor@> wrote: > > > > I would think that any thing that had a throat could do a glottal > > stop, or some sort of equivalent "hiatus" phoneme. Also, you don't > > even need vocal cords to generate tones, if you have never > > investigated the vocal physiology of avians, I highly suggest doing > > so. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrinx_(biology) > > Make that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrinx (biology), I hope. > > Charlie >
You got me! I don't know why the full address doesn't work. Charlie

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Eugene Oh <un.doing@...>