Re: English syllable structure

Hi,
Ysgrifennodd Michael Poxon:
> I think you'll find that tl- in Amerind langs. is a "Hispanisation" of the
> voiceless l (as in Welsh). But try saying "Tlachtga" (Gaelic) - where it
> isn't!
Sure tl- isn't the same as ll-! (BTW, it's found in many Daghestan
languages, and in Klingon, not only in Amerind :-))

tl- is sort of when you prepare for a _t_, but then your tongue doesn't go
off the alveolae fully, some of it is left in the position for a ll-, and
you don't make it voiced, by no means. :-))))

Hwyl,
Pavel (or Pafel, as things go :-))

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