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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:24 am


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Try here.


My my. It does sound loverly, doesn't it?
PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:29 am


That's what I think, but I've heard it called ugly quite a few times.

For some reason, I just don't like how Slovenian sounds.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:29 am


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Try here.
I love the sound of the Polish
PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:35 am


Whoa, good link is good.

Polish sounds nicer that I would have excpected, but listen to the Hinid one and tell me that that isn't t3h schex. The one with the little User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. for those of you who can't read Devanagari. Thats actually not the best sounding sample ever, but not bad.

Oh oh, thar be Nahuatl recodring too! Augh, I can hear the [tK]! heart I LOVE [tK].

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:38 am


I used to frequent the forums on UniLang. xp

I didn't know they had Nahuatl, though; that must have been added fairly recently. Yes, it is very awesome.

Is it just me, or does the Greek guy seem to mumble a lot?
PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:42 am


Hes a bit of a mumbler.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:12 am


He makes french sound really bad.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:33 am


Just as a question...

How does one pronounce /K/?

(X-SAMPA wise.)

As far as I can tell, Voiceless Lateral Fricatives make no sense to me...

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Vajra B. Hairava

PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:35 am


Its kind of a weird hiss.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_lateral_fricative

Thar be a recording thar.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:36 am


Doppelgaanger
Just as a question...

How does one pronounce /K/?

(X-SAMPA wise.)

As far as I can tell, Voiceless Lateral Fricatives make no sense to me...

sweatdrop

Try saying "tl" and holding the l. It occurs in British English in words like "kettle," ([kEtK=])but Americans pronounce it more like [kE45=].

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:37 am


I've actually started making my /l/ to [K] after most voiceless consonants nowadays for some reason.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:38 am


Wow, I never realised that 'kettle' was such a strange word until I repeated it to myself 20 times xd

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:45 am


Vajra B. Hairava
I've actually started making my /l/ to [K] after most voiceless consonants nowadays for some reason.

So do I, actually.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:48 am


Vajra B. Hairava
Its kind of a weird hiss.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_lateral_fricative

Thar be a recording thar.


My compurter uis being stupid... It can't play .ogg files...

So no recording for me.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:50 am


Imagine just sort of putting your tongue in the position for the normal /l/, and blowing. The key is that its voiceless, meaning you're vocal cords do not go. Look up voiceing on wikipedia if you don't know what that is.

Essentialy, make the L position and blow, kind of. It sounds a bit like a mad goose.
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