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Re: Cerebral consonants & transliterarion

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Sunday, February 14, 1999, 21:43
Daniel Andreasson wrote:

> Wow! Imagine that. I've been able to help Sally the Conlanger Estelvema! :) > (was that even remotely correct?)
Wow, Daniel! :) :) :) Gee.. I don't know what to say... Yes, you have helped! And so has Kristian. If that's what it is, then a dialect--or sub-accent--of Teonaht does have this feature--a little. Teonaht proper rolls its "r"s, but "Menarilihs" has an exaggerated retroflex "r" and the lr of _lre_ _lrapa_ (finger, toe) and other words are pronounced as one consonant with the tongue curled back. I've toyed at times with making these people pronounce all their final "l"s with a hint of an "r"--but didn't pursue it as it made them sound like bad stereotypes of some Asian tourists.. I might take this up again, though. Teonaht has a rich set of gr/kr/dr/tr/lr/hr/tl compounds that situates their speech well back towards the palate. Sally Caves scaves@frontiernet.net/~scaves http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/teonaht.html