tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 14 09:45:23 1993
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quick phonetic question
- From: (Mark E. Shoulson) [email protected]
- Subject: quick phonetic question
- 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 <9310141621.AA08342@ bush.cs.tamu.edu>
>From: [email protected] (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