Re: Glottal stops vs. nasals

On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:42:15 +0100 Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
writes:
>>>From: "some Cook, Himes, or Concepcion" <dennis@...>
>>>     When I wrote that I meant a nasal which is related to the
>>>glottal stop in the same way that the velar nasal is related to
>>>the velar stop, although when I pronounce it carefully it seems
>>>that the point of articulation might not be quite that far back.
>>>It's definitely farther back than a velar, though.  It sure sounds
>>>like a nasal version of a glottal stop.
>The POAs that are further back than velar are (from most front to
>most back): uvular, pharyngeal, epiglottal, glottal. Constriction in
>the pharyngeal, epiglottal, and glottal areas will not produce a
>nasal sound as it would prevent airlflow to both the mouth and nose.
>But a constriction in the uvular area would still allow airflow to
>the nose.
>
>So perhaps its uvular?
>
>-kristian- 8-)
>
Rokbeigalmki has a uvular nasal....it's one of my favorite sounds. :)
[n"] in Kirshenbaum IPA-ASCII.
It makes your jaw move around a lot when it's next to a front vowel, such
as in the word _tihng_ [tIn"], "yes", and _kaang_ [k&n"], "maybe".


-Stephen (Steg)
 "hhalomot zeh b'emet"

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