Re: The pronunciation of post-velars (was Re: [tied] *kW- "?")

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 40199
Date: 2005-09-20

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:42:36 -0500, Patrick Ryan
<proto-language@...> wrote:

>1) because traditionally, 'uvular' was restricted to uvular trill, as in
>certain German and French /R/s;

I have before me the 1932 revision of the IPA chart. Under
the heading "uvular" are listed the stops q and G, the nasal
N, the rhotic R, the fricatives X and R*. The same sounds
are given as "uvulaires" in Passy and Jones "Organic
Alphabet" of 1907.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...