Re: Creakyness?
| From: | Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 28, 2005, 23:30 |
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Hi!
Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder@...> writes:
> I had a colleague from Vietnam, and when I overheard her speaking
> her language with compatriots I understood what 'creaky vowels'
> mean.
Hmm? Does Vietnamese have creaky vowels? Maybe as a secondary
articulation of one of its tones or so?
What does have creaky voiced vowels is Khmer. I had a recording
somewhere and was unsuccessfully searching it. :-(
Voice of America has Khmer, you can listen to radio broadcasts:
http://www.voanews.com/english/broadcast_info.cfm?co=33&lang=25
(On the bottom of the page, there are RealAudio streams)
**Henrik