piltlahcuiloltzin tlen CH

[Campbell, R. Joe]

John,

   One detail that is missing has to do with the release of the air --
when sounds like [p t k] are released, we can say that the air is 
"suddenly" released, but in the case of affricates (pardon my 
non-phonetic characters) like [ch j tl], the space of time between the 
complete stoppage and the onset of the following vowel is occupied by 
friction, caused by the fact that the articulators remained briefly in 
a certain crucial proximity to each other.
Or, in other words, the contact is released slowly, resulting in 
friction during the release period.

Joe



Quoting John Sullivan <idiez at me.com>:

> CH. piltlahcuiloltzin. Quimanextia tentlatzacuilcayotl tlen caquizti
> quemman motzacua tocopac, tonenepilpatlauhca quitzacua ihyotl campa
> quinamiqui iican tocamatapalpamiuh, tonenepil eli quentzin comoltic,
> itehtenno quinamiqui tocamatapalpamiuh huan quiztihuetzi ihyotl
> itlahcotiyan tocamac.
>
> CH. letter. Represents the consonant that is heard when the velum
> closes, the middle of the tongue touches the back of the alveolar
> ridge and stops the airflow, the tongue becomes slightly concave, its
> sides touch the alveolar ridge, and the air is suddenly released
> through the middle of the mouth.
>



_______________________________________________
Nahuatl mailing list
Nahuatl at lists.famsi.org
http://www.famsi.org/mailman/listinfo/nahuatl