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You mean consonant mutation?

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That's the word for it. Thank you for the links.

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Don't forget ablaut, umlaut etc

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In English, ablaut is used to distinguish tenses in some words, or plurals.

And consonants are mutated distinguishing nouns and verbs.

Examples:

sing - sang - sung
/siŋ/ - /sæŋ/ - /sʌŋ/

mouse (singular) - mice (plural)
/maʊs/ - /maɪs/

breath (n) - breathe (v) (voicing of consonant)

/brɛθ/ - /briːð/

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Nōn quālibet inīqua cupiditāte illectus hōc agō.
[tiː.mɔ.tʉɥs god.lɐf hɑwk]

Which language is this?

ލޭގެ ތެރެއަށްދޫކުރާ ހޯރމޯން އެކެވެ. މިއީ އަމިނޯ އެސިޑް ތައިރޯސީން

I saw it on Wikipedia under available translations. I am really liking the script. Which language?

Dhivehi. How did you miss the screen tip?

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Thanks!
I wasn't really paying attention to it. I just clicked it to go look more at it.

Is there any good reason why the IPA doesn't show the palatal ejective? I notice Krov is using said phoneme in a lang, but I don't know of any natlangs that use it and am unsure if there is a reason why it would not be in the IPA. any help?

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Found you one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nez_Perce_language

You may as well ask why there's no retroflex one or a dental one, or any fricative ones even tho those exist too.

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I suppose I may get more luck here, is it more likely for /T/ (and its voiced counterpart) to come from a split with /s/ or a conditional lenition of /t/?

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From /t/ would most likely depend if the other plosives are leniting. Otherwise, from /s/ and ɡet yourself a new /s/ from whereever.

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Thanks Krov. Can you direct me to where I can find some of the other natlangs that have the ejectives you mention?

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Thanks a ton.

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At one time, I found a website with audio samples of ~40 languages. Now I don't remember what it was called, just that the speakers were telling a story.

Does anyone know of any website like that?

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Hmmm, I only know about a website with recordings in 5930 languages....

sorry.



http://globalrecordings.net/

(It's some Christian missionary site, regardless of what you think of proselytizing Christians, they still have recordings in loads and loads and loads of languages.)

Is there any language distinguishing plain vowels, long vowels, pharyngealized short vowels and pharyngealized long vowels?

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Apparently so:
http://sinica.academia.edu/JonathanEvan ... GYAN_QIANG

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Danke.
Not quite the same, but helpful nonetheless.

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Pumaki nimuśim śima'a na ami nimuśim ara'a. Hini nihrasum i'aku tumra urukani na nihrasum sanik hraspir.

Thanks. Also, using UPSID I could find a couple references about such a distinction.

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