Re: phonemic ex-/inhalation
| From: | Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 7:57 |
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My copy of Teach Yourself Hausa says so.
"The b and d (special letter forms used. hooked letters) , in addition, are
often produced implosively, i.e. with the air stream pulled into the mouth
rather than expelled from the mouth ..."
Kraft and Kirk-Greene, 1973.
It would make an interesting contrast.
Wesley Parish
On Wednesday 05 March 2003 07:40 pm, you wrote:
> Katav Jake X:
> > Does anyone use phonemic ex- / in-halation for vowels in their conlangs?
>
> I
>
> > have been considering it for a sketch I might do.
>
> I've heard there are some African languages that do that, but it may be a
> professional myth...
>
> Yitzik
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