Re: Strange phonology

FFlores wrote:

> I once created a bit of a language for a short story with
> a sound produced by banging the tongue against the base of
> the mouth.
I can do that, but it doesn't seem to make any sound.  (How Zen.)

> I guess you could also bang your lower and upper
> teeth againt each other, but I don't see any other way!
There is actually an IPA symbol for this among the
"disordered speech" extensions (soon to be in Unicode);
it looks like two "dental" modifiers ( |-| ) stacked vertically.

There is also a rather soft sound to be made by banging the
blade of the tongue, backed by the lower jaw, against the roof
of the mouth (the hard palate).

In other news, there is a (rather disgusting) sound I would
characterize as a "sublingual lateral ejective".  The acoustic
effect is similar to a bilabial trill.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)