Re: Click consonants
| From: | Eddy Ohlms <etg@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 6:03 |
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I notice that when people include clicks in their conlang, they make a
number of mistakes.
1. If there are 3 click types, they are usually dental, palatal, and lateral
alveolar. If there are 4, an alveolar click is added.
2. Clicks have accompaniments. They must have one. These are usually velar
consonants and are done when the velar closure of the click is released. If
the lang distinguished aspiration, there will be a velar aspirated
accompaniment, if there is voicing, /g/ will accompany it. Velar africates
are also possible and the velar nasal is a common accompaniment.
If you want more info, just ask.
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