[1683] in tlhIngan-Hol
quick phonetic question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Oct 14 12:51:44 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
From: (Mark E. Shoulson) shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 12:45:08 -0400
In-Reply-To: Erich Schneider's message of Thu, 14 Oct 93 11:21:05 CDT <93101416
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>From: erich@bush.cs.tamu.edu (Erich Schneider)
>Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 11:21:05 CDT
>A quick phonetic question:
>Is "Q" a uvular fricative or a uvular affricate? The description of
>the sound in _TKD_ ("a blend of Klingon 'H' and 'q'") makes it
>sound like the former, but Okrand's pronounciation on _CK_ sounds more
>like the latter.
I'd say the affricate, from listening to the tapes. Also, I find it nearly
impossible to distinguish a uvular fricative from a velar one (H), so
that's another reason.
~mark
