Re: whistling s's

On Apr 4, 2005, at 11:48 PM, JC wrote:
> One of my conlangs has a sound that's like a high pitched, whistled s
> or sh. Of
> the admittedly small set of people I was bugging with this the other
> day, I'm
> the only one who can do it, but if I say s or sh and sort of curl my
> tongue tip up, I get the whistle.
> Phonology is not my strong point, as you can probably tell :-) Is
> there a
> common notation for this sort of thing?
> Thanks,
> JC
Yes!
Another conlang with whistles!
My Semiticonlang includes both voiced and voiceless whistled sibilants.
When i brought it up a while ago on the list, we came to the conclusion
that the whistled s/sh sound is probably /s_a_qp\)/ or /s_a_q/
depending on if you're accentuating the whistle by using your lips at
the same time.


-Stephen (Steg)
  "your whistling sounds like scary alien bees!"
      ~ why not to attempt /z_a_q/ in public