[Tlhingan-hol] IPA-expert question

Klingonteacher levinius at gmx.de
Wed Nov 28 03:42:05 PST 2012


Am 27.11.2012 16:46, schrieb Darin Arrick:
> Isn't "paw" spoken as [pa͡u], with a diphthong, and "paw' " as [pa͡uʔ].

YES, indeed - thanks for reminding me. I forgot about the use of the 
diphtong-thing... {paw} is [pau], not [paw].

But my question still is wether adding the glottal stop sign will make 
the same difference as MO has it described? He explains the difference 
speaking [paaaaau] vs. [pau].

Lieven.



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