tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 07 10:00:11 1995
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Re: KLBC: Federation Pronunciation
- From: [email protected] (M. Whiteacre)
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Federation Pronunciation
- Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 12:02:36 -0600
> The sound should be quite similar to the Nahuatl "tl." KLD even cites
>the Nahuatl "tetl" = "egg" or "rock" as an example. (KLD says "Aztec."
>{sigh}) Nahuatl "tl" is a lateralized /t/, usually written phonologically
>as a lambda. When I was trying to learn the sound in Nahuatl, I was told
>to hold my tongue in the lateral position as though I were going to say an
>initial English "L" and then say "T." That procedure may work for some.
>
I don't know how many people have the same problem I had with these
directions, but after reading a few books on phoenitics, I realized that my
normal pronunciation of the /l/ sound is actually the "dark-l" (I don't know
how to write this using the IPA). Starting from that position, you CAN NOT
make a "T" sound. Having realize that, I can now (at least I think so) make
a decent tlh sound. Maybe some day it will be natural, but for now I still
have to work at it.
Do'val