Re: Gnumin Phonology Sketch

Justin Mansfield wrote:

>  By way of example, I've often heard it said (and it's
> been my experience) that you can recognize an Arabic emphatic consonant
> more by the pronunciation of the adjacent vowels than by the consoant
> itself!
That is, in fact, how humans perceive stop consonants of any kind.

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Thomas Wier | AIM: trwier

"Aspidi men Saiôn tis agalletai, hên para thamnôi
  entos amômêton kallipon ouk ethelôn;
autos d' exephugon thanatou telos: aspis ekeinê
  erretô; exautês ktêsomai ou kakiô" - Arkhilokhos