tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 08 12:50:05 1995
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Re: pronouncing tlh
- From: Adam Walker <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: pronouncing tlh
- Date: Fri, 8 Dec 95 14:41:46 -0600
- Organization: Dallas Baptist University
> Date sent: 8-Dec-95 3:59:43 -0600
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> Subject: Re: pronouncing tlh
> When I tried this, I got a syllable that sounded like t_l, with that
> weird not-vowel that the phoenetic alphabet shows as a sort of
> upside-down lower-case "e" (I'm sure it has a name)...
Its called a "schwa" and don't think that's exactly what you're
producing unless you're really exaggerating it. You're probably
producing a vocalic "l". Yes, "l" can function as a vowel in English
as can "m", "n" and "r".
>
> What works for me is to first make that sort of clicking/tutting sound
> (like some people call horses over with - in fact, the sound you make
> when you're trying to imitate the sound of horses' hooves). Then, instead
> of breathing in when you make it, breath out instead. Voila - tlh!
>
> Work for anyone else?
Should work fine for anyone who knows how to make this sound. They
have the same point of articulation with only one feature
differentiating them -- the direction of the air. Incidentally, the
sound you discribed is a significant sound in sexeral South African
languages including Zulu and Xhosa. Its written "x" in those
languages. Well, at least in Zulu, I'm not positive about Xhosa.
Anybody out there know for sure??
>
> vanya.
Qapla'
Qogh.
>
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