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).