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Re: The Romanized Orthography of My Conlang

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, October 11, 1999, 23:27
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> And don't forget Classical Arabic: > t k q > t' k' (is there an emphatized k in Arabic, I don't remember) > b d > d'
Wait, I thought emphatic in Arabic was velarization? If so, how could /k/ be emphatic? -- "No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens" - Abraham Lincoln http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor