Re: THEORY: clicks

David Peterson wrote:

> Me! ~:D I've got a new one, and it has one click [!] > (post-alveolar). I talked
> to my Africanist friends in the ling. > department, and they say there's only
> one language that has only one
> click in it--most have a series. I like my one, though, and besides, > it
> undergoes allophonic variation (makes a weird change when > palatalized). I
> imagine it historically deriving from a
> prenasalized africate of some kind (possible [ts], maybe even [ts'], > like in Hausa).
I expect if I use a click in my far-future project I'll probably use
just the one; I can't imagine myself using more than that.  That's
good to know about the derivation; since this far-future project
will derive most of its vocabulary from existing languages, I'll
need to know how to turn one sound in to a click.

> I know Arabic is African, but it's not the African we're talking > about.
> Arabic has the [!] to mean "no". ;) I know it's not > phonemic, but it's
> neat! ~:D
I hadn't thought of that.  Does the (again, non-phonemic) "sucking
teeth" sound used (at least in English) to express frustration or
annoyance count as a click?

Eamon