tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Oct 31 17:19:01 2009
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Re: Two pronunciation questions...
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Two pronunciation questions...
- Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:16:17 -0400
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The ' is probably meant to represent aspiration; apostrophe is
commonly used for that. The [tÉ] is supposed to be strongly
aspirated, i.e. [tÉÊ], and with affricates it's also common to put
the aspiration indicator on the stop symbol rather than the fricative.
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Christopher Doty <[email protected]> wrote:
> First, how to people tend to pronounce two identical consonants when
> they are right next to each other? ÂAs long, with both sounds
> released, or as a single sound? ÂHas Okrand said anything about this?
>
> Second, on the KLI page, I noticed that the pronunciation guide has
> tlh written as [tËÉ]... It looks like an IPA stress mark in between
> the t and the É, and IÊm just wondering what this represents? ÂIs it
> an ejective? ÂIt looked to me from the dictionary that it wasnÊt an
> ejective, and the pronunciation audio file on KLI doesnÊt sound like
> an ejective...
>
> ThanksÇ
>
> Chris
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Mark J. Reed <[email protected]>
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