tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 07 20:39:18 1995
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Re: KLBC: Federation Pronunciation
On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, M. Whiteacre wrote:
> > 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.
The directions above don't work for me either. I suspect I make my /l/
the same way you do.
> Do'val
yoDtargh