tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 07 15:51:15 1996
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RE: KBLC: letter pronounciations
> > Although I haven't had to deal with it (except for spitting at
> > myself and my TKD), I'm wondering if there is a better explanation for the
> > sounds <q> and <Q>.
> Sure! {q} is a dorso-uvular unvoiced stop, and {Q} is a dorso-uvular unvoiced
> affricate. :)
Although you've probably gathered by now that I don't know much about
linguistics (really, fancy me not reallising that Esperanto had aspect -
how stupid!), I thought I'd have a go at describing the Klingon
consonant sounds in proper linguistic jargon! (I'm trying to learn it. :-)
To all non-linguists: you'd better ignore my list, as it's almost
certainly wrong! To linguists: I'd be interested to know what the correct
list would be.
b voiced bilabial plosive
ch unvoiced alveolar aspirate
D voiced retroflex plosive
gh voiced velar fricative
H unvoiced velar fricative
j voiced alveolar aspirate
l voiced alveolar lateral approximant
m voiced bilabial nasal
n voiced alveolar nasal
ng voiced velar nasal
p aspirated unvoiced bilabial plosive
q aspirated unvoiced uvular plosive
Q unvoiced uvular affricate
r voiced alveolar trill
S unvoiced retroflex fricative
t aspirated unvoiced alveolar plosive
tlh unvoiced alveolar lateral affricate
v voiced labiodental fricative
w voiced bilabial thingy
y voiced palatal erm, thingy
' glottal plosive
Well, SuStel started it! ;-)
'olIva'
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