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Re: New Semitic-based conlang



--- 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.