tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 23 04:57:53 1993
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Re: History of the Klingon language (rgh, w', y')
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: History of the Klingon language (rgh, w', y')
- Date: 23 Aug 93 11:19:36 GMT
- Priority: normal
[email protected] (Jacques Guy) wrote on Mon, 23 Aug 1993 11:28:25 +1000 (EST)
(Subject: History of the Klingon language):-
> ... "why only rgh, w' and y' as final CC?" ...
Allan C.Wechsler (HolQeD vol1 #1 pp6,9,10) thinks that `rgh` < an old single
consonant *`G` (a voiced version of `Q`, like `gh` but with the back of the
tongue placed as for `q` and `Q`). (At the start of a syllable *`G` > `gh`.)