http://blog.fedibblety.com/2010/01/velaric-ingressives/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.fedibblety.com/2010/01/velaric-ingressives/comment-page-1/#comment-6654 robfelty Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:59:22 +0000 http://blog.fedibblety.com/?p=2008#comment-6654 I would guess that what you are thinking about in Navajo is a velar ejective, also known as a velar glottalic egressive. With glottalic egressives, you close your vocal chords and let pressure build up behind them. You also make a closure with your tongue. Then you release both at the same time, which produces a loud, long burst of aperiodic noise. I would guess that what you are thinking about in Navajo is a velar ejective, also known as a velar glottalic egressive. With glottalic egressives, you close your vocal chords and let pressure build up behind them. You also make a closure with your tongue. Then you release both at the same time, which produces a loud, long burst of aperiodic noise.

]]> http://blog.fedibblety.com/2010/01/velaric-ingressives/comment-page-1/#comment-6643 Dave Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:53:23 +0000 http://blog.fedibblety.com/?p=2008#comment-6643 So are these velaric ingressives what we tend to notice in the Dine (aka Navajo) spoken language? And if so, what do the Dine call them? So are these velaric ingressives what we tend to notice in the Dine (aka Navajo) spoken language? And if so, what do the Dine call them?

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