Re: Conlang for giant caterpillars
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 30, 1999, 6:30 |
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On Sat, 29 May 1999, FFlores wrote:
>
> The consonants are a bit strange. They have no lips
> and no nose -- they have respiratory holes but they
> aren't directly connected to the mouth, so there are
> no nasals or labials.
> The interdental fricative <|h> is produced by "showing
> the teeth" and letting some air pass between them. The
> lateral <|l> is similar, but the tongue is pressed
> against the lower teeth and raised in its middle part.
>
Are you going to do some diagrams of these respiratory
holes and surroundings? It sounds fascinating, and I had
some difficulty wrapping my mind around the lack of lips,
so in this case I'd say a picture would help me infinitely...
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt