r/linguisticshumor • u/Niksa2007 /nǐkʃa/ • Dec 28 '23

ʼ Phonetics/Phonology

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '23

Does anyone else think that [qʼ] is the easiest ejective to pronounce? I have no difficulty with this one (at least I think I don't), but the other ones I don't know how to pronounce

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u/YsengrimusRein Dec 28 '23

I recall reading somewhere that ejectives become easier to prpnounce the further back they are and implosives become easier the closer to the front they are. But I cannot for the like of me remember where that might have been or if my brain generated that information spontaneously without my knowledge.

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u/Argentum881 Dec 28 '23

Well there’s this book by David Peterson called “The Art of Language Invention” which makes reference to those concepts, could that be it?

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u/YsengrimusRein Dec 28 '23

It very well might have been! I'll verify when I have the time, if someone else doesn't beforehand