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Re: THEORY: clicks

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Monday, March 24, 2003, 23:01
From: "Isaac Penzev" <isaacp@...>

> Hehe. Ideas are hanging in the air. I've just introduced /q_>/ (together > with /t_>/, /ts_>/ and /tS_>/) into my newest project CLP04 (provisional > name - L'sanu). But maybe in case of /q_>/ I'd make a choice in favor of > plain /k_>/. They originate from Proto-Semitic emphatic consonants.
And don't forget the original sound of Arabic <d.>, which was the emphatic form of Hebrew <s'> (sin): /tK_>/. Also, some reconstructions of Proto-Afrasian have /k_>/, /k_>_w/, /q_>/ and /q_>_w/! What's the best way to indicate both ejectivity and labialization with X-SAMPA anyway?

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Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>Semitic Emphatics (was Re: Clicks)