Re: [tied] Re: Laryngeal values

alexandru_mg3 napisał(a):

> Yes, I think so, because the sound xh really exists in reality...
>
> ..."xh is a voiceless uvular fricative. "
>
> In fact I found an existing language that contains the full sequence:
> x, xw, xh, xhw (before to make my above supposition, otherwise to
> make only abstract suppositions doesn't make sense)
>
> "L9/10 Heiltsuk (Wakashan): b, p, p', d, t, t', dz, ts, ts', g, k,
> k', gw, kw, k'w, G, q, q', Gw, qw, q'w, s, x, xw, xh, xhw, h, h', m,
> m', n, n', dl, tl, tl', l, lh, l', w, w', j, j'; i, a, u
> [..]

A case of misunderstanding. Here, "xh" (many Wakashan specialists use
the spelling "x^") is just an orthographic notation for /X/ (a uvular
fricative, contrasting with velar /x/). Heiltsuk has plain /x/ and /X/,
labialised /xW/ and /XW/, but no aspirated /xH/.

Piotr