Re: That pesky H again (was: varia)

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> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Paul Bennett
> Sent: Saturday, February 5, 2000 3:18 PM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: That pesky H again (was: varia)
> On 4 Feb 00, at 17:19, raccoon@ELKNET.NET wrote:
> >         H
> > tah -> ta: -> tha:
> >
>
> I'd say that "breathy voiced" vowels would probably meet your description
> of "aspirated vowels" very well.  I started briefly on an orthography &
> phonology (and some naive phonotactics) for a language with phonemic
> breathy voice, but the details have been lost in the mists of time,
> unfortunately.
>
> I can't describe the sound of breathy voicing very well, only to say that
> they sound "even more voiced" than ordinary vowels, and that they
> accidentally cause aspiration and a small amount of voicing in preceeding
> consonants when I pronounce them.
Interesting. Sounds like what I want, so thanks :) I would have thought
they'd be unvoiced though, but that doesn't matter to my purposes.

Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo suHnus
raccoon@elknet.net