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--- In westasianconlangs@yahoogroups.com, "nathanielamentstone" <natcas@l...> wrote: > By the way, and I don't mean to sound like an idiot, but how the > hell DO you pronounce /q/? I get that it's sort of like /k/, but > nobody will tell me how to say it properly. Can anyone describe its > sound to me? q is a uvualr stop, right. So prepare your mouth for a /k/ sound but move your tongue further back. Unfortunately when I do it I get /q'/, that is, an uvular ejective.