Re: Woody or tinny?

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> The only sound I can really say I dislike is the ich-laut
Then you probably wouldn't like Uatakassí.  :-)  {ki} represents /C(i)/,
and is fairly common, especially as an inflectional suffix, the
nonpunctual aspect suffix is -ki (/C/ after vowels, /Ci/ after
consonants)

> I must say I do find the language pleasant to
> hear (unfortunately, it's usually pronounced in ways that I dislike...).
Agreed.

> As for the sounds I prefer, I must say that I have a big preference for
> consonnant clusters stop+fricative (in both orders)
That's one that I dislike.  But, syllable-final stop-fricative
combinations aren't that bad.  But I dislike fricative-stop in any
context, especially syllable-finally.

> or stop+liquid
Anything plus a liquid is nice, except dental/alveolar sounds followed
by /l/.  Liquids are wonderful sounds.

However, lateral affricates are nice, like Aztec {tl}.

> (even stop+nasal :) )
Horrific!  Nasal-stop, good when intervocalic, borderline acceptable
when syllable-initial, bad when syllable-final.  Stop-nasal, bad
period.  :-)

> and fricatives like /ts/ or /dz/ (I used to
> like /tS/ and /dZ/ more, but I probably grew tired of them).
/ts/ and /dz/ are nice, as well.  In fact, Colloquial Uatakassí has
those for /tj/ and /dj/.

> My favorite of them all is certainly /tl/!
Hee hee.  /tl/ is phonetically [tr] in Uatakassí, largely because I hate
dentals followed by l.  However, some dialects have turned [kl] and [gl]
into [tl] and [dl], helping to create a phonemic contrast between /l/
and /r/ (which is also caused by [zr] (/zl/) -> [r])

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