Re: Romanized Orthography of My Conlang

Eric Christopherson wrote:
> Is the /p/ merely non-aspirated, or is there no release as well?
No release, for me at least, none audible, at any rate.  It goes
straight into the /i/.  At least, I think.  It's hard to distinguish no
release from slight release.

> I remember
> the discussion long ago about how English final unvoiced consonants (in some
> dialects at least) seem to have no release
Well, it seems to be free variation with slight release, /k&t/ can be
either [k_h&t*] (where * represents no release) or [k_h&t], with a
slight release.  If emphasized, [k_h&t_h] with definite aspiration.

> While I'm on the
> subject, I've also theorized that the so-called voiced t in words like
> <little> might be [t_}], but I'm not sure.
For me, that's definitely an alveolar tap, like Spanish {r}, and I think
that's the way it is in most American dialects.

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