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Re: Strange phonology

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 10, 1999, 6:12
Steg Belsky wrote:

> >3) Is it reasonable to have an aspiration contrast > >for nasals? > > With the air coming out of your nose?
Teonaht has exactly that; hman is "bread." Youbreathe out through your nose with lips closed, and open them to say the -an part. Same with initial hn and hng. Sally--another AFMCL response, brought to you in part by the Teonim. Now this: Tenuo al aittear; kraiko al ofykya; edrime al imuif. TEN-yo al ai-TAY-ar; KRAI-koh al oh-FIK-ee-ah; ED-rih-mey al IM-yif. "My name is winter. Cessation is my business. My gift, sleep." (All zero-copula).