Re: Tones to make up for lack of phonemes

> 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

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