Re: THEORY: clicks

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> > On the contrary.  What possible phonological process could generate
> > clicks
> > from any other sound?  We more or less understand how implosives and
> > ejectives form, but clicks???  The surprising thing is not that some
> > languages borrow clicks, but that there are any click languages at
> > all.
>
>And how do we explain how they got there in the first place? ;))
This reminds me of reading somewhere that Proto-World must've contained one
of those Arabic back consonants I can't pronounce (a pharyngeal fric?),
because it's inconceiveable that it's evolved from anything else. The
conclusion is obvious; Proto-World had clicks too! (As well as all other
features whose origin we can't explain.)

Excuse me if I'm being incoherent - I'm very tired right know.

                                              Andreas

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