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Re: Klingon IPA chart

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Everson)
Fri Jun 26 08:20:12 2009

From: Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <4A44B772.8060401@trimboli.name>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:18:29 +0100
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org

On 26 Jun 2009, at 12:56, David Trimboli wrote:

> Michael Everson wrote:
>
>>> You've ignored the untrilled "r" in the consonant cluster {rgh} at  
>>> the end of some syllables.  I mention it because your chart notes  
>>> seem to be striving for completeness of description.
>>
>> Can you point me to Okrand's description of this? I couldn't find it.
>
> He doesn't describe it. He pronounces it. Listen to the language  
> tapes and you'll hear it.

I, um, haven't had a tape player for a long time. So indeed I guess  
it's the American [ɹ] (which he specifically prpscribes in TKD).

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/





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