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voiced ejectives

From:Rob Nierse <rnierse@...>
Date:Monday, September 10, 2001, 12:49
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> FWIW, England, in her _A Grammar of Mam, a Mayan Language_ > writes (p. 26): > > "The glottalized occlusives are unit phonemes which contrast with > plain occlusives plus glottal stop. Phonetically, /tz' ch' tx' ky' > k'/ are ejectives, with glottal closure occuring simultaneously or > preceding the onset of oral closure. /b' q'/ are implosives. > /t'/ varies between ejective and implosive, depending on the
speaker.
> ejective and implosive, depending on the speaker. The imploded > bilabial /b'/ is always voiced in initial or medial position, but > is devoiced finally; /t'/ is voiced initially and medially, and > devoiced finally; /q'/ is partially voiced initially and medially, > and also devoiced finally."
Either this refers to the creaky voiced stop that replaces ejectives, or to an implosive.
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The /b/ in Yucatec Maya is said to be voiced ejective too. Some say it is implosive and other maintain that it is pre-ejective or pre-glottalized : [?b]. In the Lacandón dialect this /b/ wordfinal is pronounced [?]. Rob