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Re: question about creaky voice

From:Chris Bates <chris.maths_student@...>
Date:Saturday, June 18, 2005, 16:56
I may be wrong, but creaky vowels sound lower pitched to me, so I
suggest that you change them so that low tone becomes their
distinguishing feature. Then you have a tonal language.

> >Thanks for finding that out :) The changes you >proposed are plausible...but not what I was looking >for. I think I phrased the question wrongly. I was >looking for ways that creaky voice specifically (no >other elements) could affect the way the word changed. >If creaky voice is too far down in the throat, maybe >no vowel changes occur? If so, what are possible thigs >that creaky voice can do? > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >

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