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Re: glottal and all/clicks?

From:dirk elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 13:18
On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Mike Adams wrote:

> I know after hearing "Siberian Yupik" spoken, it has > alot of glottal stops (have that right?) and some > possible clicks.. It can be fun.
Glottal stops, possibly. Clicks, extremely doubtful.
> [snip]
> Anyone know any good sources on Yupik and other lingos > (Inuit?). > Siberian Yupik
The University of Utah press published a revised version of Willem de Reuse's dissertation, a grammar of Siberian Yupik. There's lots of data on borrowings and lg contact as well.
> Yupik > Inupiaq > various Athabaskan lingos, such as Koyukon?
Look for stuff by James Kari on Athabaskan languages. Dirk -- Dirk Elzinga dirk.elzinga@m.cc.utah.edu "All grammars leak." http://www.u.arizona.edu/~elzinga/ -Edward Sapir