tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 28 10:19:09 1994
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Re: Pronunciation (Was: Re: KLBC: jItagh)
On Wed, 28 Sep 1994, Nick NICHOLAS wrote:
> There are several places of articulation --- that is, where in the mouth the
> constriction is, which is where the sound is being made:
> Alveolar: s, z, t, d.
The Klingon D is a little different though. However, the description in TKD
seems awfully vague to me. "Halfway between the teeth and the velum" covers
a large area. Do you think he meant halfway between the alveolar ridge and
the velum? Is "D" what they call a "retroflex" stop?
Also, how would you classify "tlh"? Would that be a voiceless
lateral affricative?
> Nick Nicholas. Linguistics, University of Melbourne. [email protected]
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