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Re: Proposed phonology for my new language

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 31, 1999, 18:08
Pablo Flores:
> >Second: can you pronounce /H/? How do you do it? :)
An Arabic textbook I looked at put it frankly: "[`ayn] sounds like being sick. [Haa] is its voiceless counterpart." :-)
>I don't even know where my pharynx is! >
Your uvula is pointing right at it. It is the space behind the tongue, above where the trachea and the esophagus part company. /BP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B.Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> <melroch@...> Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant! (Tacitus)