tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 09 09:09:12 1996
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Re: KBLC: letter pronounciations
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KBLC: letter pronounciations
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 08:55:36 -0800 (PST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Mark E. Shoulson" at Dec 9, 96 08:40:34 am
> Krankor listened to the other
> description and came up with a retroflex (also in Sanskrit, btw). When the
> tapes came out, it was very clear that it's a retroflex sibilant. pItlh.
IIRC, Dr. O. specifically said somewhere (HolQeD interview?) that it
is a retroflex, something like, "To make the language weird, I used a
retroflex S and D, but not t." (not an exact quote)
taDI'oS vIq, law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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