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Re: Glottal stops vs. nasals

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 17, 1999, 21:41
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" ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]