<DIV><B><I>Michael Mccafferty <mmccaffe@INDIANA.EDU></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>> I should have added that "teuctli" is composed of only *two* syllables:</DIV>
<DIV>> /te:kw-/ + /-tli/, and, of course, the penultimate syllable is strong.</DIV>
<DIV>> The pronunciation of this word and others noted by Dave is "exotic" for</DIV>
<DIV>> speakers of European languages and require some practice to master.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Someone raised this matter a year or two ago. I advised him to say [te_cuatli], stressed on the [e_], and then to gradually get rid of the [a] without letting the [w] disappear or turn into [u].</DIV>
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<DIV>(This is probably very off topic, but people who decide to get interested with the Klingon language that Marc Okrand invented, there also have to cross swords with the [tl] sound.)</DIV>
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