> > Is "q" [q]? If so, it seems a bit lonely as the only uvular. If not, is
it
> > perhaps a glottal stop [?]? That'd be less "weird" symmetry-wise (seeing
> > that voiced uvular stops are impossible), but the orthography would then
be
> > pretty original, and you'd better call particular attention that
convention.
>
> "q" is used for final glottal stop in transcribing Wu (Shanghainese); it
is
> the stunted mutant relic of former -p, -t, and -k.
I wasn't aware of this one. In Altsag Venchet, it's a voiceless uvular
stop.
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