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Re: Phonological discoveries in Watakassi

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, November 12, 1999, 1:55
Nik Taylor wrote:
> With voiced stops, there's no rise on the consonant, in fact, there's a > slight drop on the voiced stop, creating something like:
Let me rephrase this: All geminate voiced stops have a slight laryngeal drop, creating a slight implosive quality, regardless of tones. -- "Old linguists never die - they just come to voiceless stops." - anonymous http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor