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Re: whoops, another question -- pharyngealized consonants anyone?

From:Paul Bennett <paul.bennett@...>
Date:Friday, October 8, 1999, 14:31
Rob writes:
>>>>>>
<snip> regular
> grammar. Largest alphabet is Khmer with 72 letters (some of which are > archaic), the most common phoneme is /a/ (found in all the world's > languages), and the rarest phones are Czech r-caron ([r] with a [Z] > coloring) and the bilabial click (or 'pop') of some Khoisan language. >
I heared of an Indian language in Brazil that has a linguo-labial stop (put your tongue to your upper lip and release) <<<<<< Don't most langs have a linguolabial fricative (or trill?), used as (a suffix to) VLG-honorific phrases? ;-) Ob AFMCL: m"/21aw has not one, but TWO linguolabial clicks. This, in itself, calls for the utterence of the aforementioned fricative, IM(NSH)O 8-) ************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. *************************************************************