Pharyngealised vowels
Pharyngealised vowels
I was wondering what exactly do pharyngealised vowels sound like? Are they just a vowel with a pharyngeal fricative/approximant after it or what? Which languages use them?
Re: Pharyngealised vowels
It covers over the whole vowel. Just imagine a stereotypical "demon" voice and you're probably going to think of the correct thing. But, they dont have to sound harsh. Throat singing is, I believe, essentially just a chant consisting of pharyngealized vowels.
Phaeryngealized vowels are common in some Khoisan languages (but not others), and as allophones of vowels in contact with pharyngealized consonants.
Phaeryngealized vowels are common in some Khoisan languages (but not others), and as allophones of vowels in contact with pharyngealized consonants.
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Re: Pharyngealised vowels
I thought that was epiglottalized, aka strident (with an epiglottal trill coarticulation). Pharyngealization is, IIUC, basically the same as retracted tongue root.Soap wrote:Phaeryngealized vowels are common in some Khoisan languages (but not others)
Not actually new.