Re: THEORY: clicks

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <cowan@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: Clicks


> I missed this before:
>
> > makeenan wrote:
> > > and the uvular into K
>
> *Uvular* click?  Nothing behind the velum can possibly be clicked.
> You could have a pulmonic ingressive uvular stop, like a gasp, but
> not a click.
>
/q_</ sounds vaguely click-like.  However, it hurts to say it.