Re: Glottal stops vs. nasals

>>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-)