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Re: nasalisation of vowels

From:Mathias M. Lassailly <lassailly@...>
Date:Saturday, October 17, 1998, 15:07
Philip wrote :

At 20:32 +0000 on 7.10.1998, Mathias M. Lassailly wrote:
> > > > So unlike in French, nasalisation of vowels > > > is not a distinctive feature. > > > > > > Matt. > > > > That's a pity. I can't understand why nasalisation is not a common > >feature in ANY language. It's such a natural, peaceful and beautiful sound. > > > > Mathias > > As it happens nasalized vowels are acoustically less distinct from one > another than their oral counterparts. It _is_ very common in some > languages though. E.g. most New Indo-Aryan languages have a full set of > nasalized vowels corresponding to their oral vowels. There is even a > tendency for "intrusive nasalization", e.g. some vowels are nasalized > although their Middle and Old Indo-Aryan etyma lack the normal "input" for > NIA nasalized vowels (usually a nasalized vowel already in the earlier > language, or loss of intervocalic nasal consonants.) > > /BP > > > B.Philip. Jonsson <bpj@...>
My post was a joke :-) I hope this was so understood. I realise nasalized vowels are less distinct and of course I know that many North- and South-American languages feature them. None of my conlangs features nasalisation. Mathias
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