Re: THEORY: clicks

 --- Rob Nierse <rob.nierse@...> wrote:
> John wrote:
> >The mystery of clicks is that nobody can figure out
> how they could have resulted
> >from a reasonable sound-change in some other
> language.
>
> There is one example of clicks outside Africa:
> Damin.
> But OTOH, Damin was deliberately made exotic ...
>
> Rob
If I ever get around to working on one of the conlang
ideas I have, for a language spoken entirely with
one's mouth closed, it will probably have a sort of
reverse alveolar click: in addition to the permanent
bilabial closure, alveolar and velar closures are made
as for an alveolar click, and suction is formed.  Then
the VELAR closure is released, resulting in a click.
There might also be a lateral click.

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