Hi Rett,
Thank you, that was very helpful. I tried again working them from the throat
forward! Skill comes after a bit of practice!
Nina.
op 16-12-2004 15:39 schreef rett op rett@...:

> The vowels a > uu go from back to front, then e and o start a new
> back to front series (the 'dipthongs'). Similarly, the consonants
> start again at the back.
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>> Also the consonants give me trouble. Ka, yes, but the others?
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> Which others? Do you mean kha, ga, gha, ^na? These all share the same
> point of articulation with ka, but vary in terms of voiced/unvoiced,
> aspirated/unaspirated and nasal.
>
> Or do you mean the later groups of five? ca, .ta, ta, pa ? These have
> their place of articulation successively farther forward in the
> mouth, ending with the labials, pa, ba etc which are formed at the
> lips.
>
> Then the semivowels ya, ra, la, va go again back to front. And
> finally the sibilants, s, h. .l and .m are in there somewhere too,
> don't remember offhand where.
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