On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:34:30 -0400 "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>
writes:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 04:30:52PM +0200, BP Jonsson wrote:
> > Maybe a [M\] "turned m, right leg; velar approximant, cf [M]"
> Hmm, interesting. I'll have to listen to those IPA sounds again.
> > Tibetan has a similar phenomenon as what you describe. Before
> non-high
> > vowels it is realized as a voiced glottal fricative [h\].
> [snip]
> Hmm. A voiced glottal fricative sounds closer to what I have in
> mind. I'll
> check the IPA mp3's page when I get home. Is there such a thing as
> a voiced glottal approximant? :-P
> Anyway, thanks for the info.
> T
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It could be a voiced pharyngeal approximant, a.k.a. the Semitic |`ay(i)n|
sound.
-Stephen (Steg)
who about half an hour ago listened to bagpipe trance music :-)