Velar and uvular fricatives and approximants (was: 'out-' affix in conlangs?)
From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
Date: | Sunday, August 17, 2008, 12:33 |
Alaekos Fink isnerq (Alex Fink wrote):
> But many Spanishes have [M\] for weak /g/ (where
> some others have [G]), and [M\w] > [w] is if
> anything even a more natural change. I don't
> have the impression there's anything especially
> disfavoured about [Gw], though I can't think of
> a good example offhand.>
Very possibly my "[G]" is actually [M\] then. I
essentually use the sound I heard Icelanders
use, and indeed I can make a voiced velar
fricative that is a good deal raspier (and more
stable next to [N] and [w]) without becoming
either [g] or [R].
/BP 8^)>
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