Re: [QUESTION] Initial Geminants
| From: | Yitzchaq Penzev <isaac@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Wednesday, June 5, 2002, 16:46 |
|---|
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 8:20 PM
> Some of the (word-internal) geminates of Buginese derive from C1C2 > ?C
> which in pronunciation is often equivalent to C:
Now I see why I still hesitate to choose between geminates and ejectives
(abruptives)...
> The question would be, how do initial geminates sound?
Smth like more intensive (tense?), longer sound - the same way they do in
inlaut.
Yitzik
~~~~~~~~~~~~~