Is it just for me that pronouncing the voiced uvular plosive /ɢ/ makes me want to vomit? I can say the /q/, even the /ɴ/ but the /ɢ/ is just a pain.
Am I the only one having problems pronouncing this sound? Also, what languages (non constructed ones) uses this sound?
Voiced uvular plosive
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Re: Voiced uvular plosive
a very incomplete list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_uvu ... OccurrenceArzemju wrote:Am I the only one having problems pronouncing this sound? Also, what languages (non constructed ones) uses this sound?
another very incomplete list:
The 'voiced uvular plosive' sounds occur in these languages:
Language (sounds) Sound % of sounds in language
AHTNA (35) G 2.86%
AWIYA (35) G, GW 5.71%
EYAK (45) G 2.22%
FARSI (30) G 3.33%
KIRGHIZ (30) G 3.33%
KLAMATH (37) G 2.70%
KUNIMAIPA (20) G 5.00%
KWAKW'ALA (48) G, GW 4.17%
LAK (69) G, GW 2.90%
MONGUOR (28) G 3.57%
RUTUL (64) G, G9, GW, GW9 6.25%
SOMALI (32) G 3.12%
TLINGIT (48) G, GW 4.17%
TSIMSHIAN (41) G 2.44%
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