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Re: KLBC: How to describe klingon fonemes in I.P.A.?

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: KLBC: How to describe klingon fonemes in I.P.A.?
• Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 01:29:08 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

>It sounds to me like Okrand means that p, t, and q are all meant to be
>aspirated, but Okrand isn't completely consistent about aspirating them.

Don't forget {'}.  TKD page 16:

    When Klingon {'} comes at the end of a word, the vowel preceding
    the {'} is often repeated in a very soft whisper, as if an echo.

It seems that *all* the unvoiced stops are supposed to be pronounced
with at least some "puff of air" accompanying them.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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