Also cool, the "clicks" of the Khoisan language family (which includes
San, a.k.a. Bushman)...
Latin Letter Bilabial Click (like a bubble popping)
Latin Letter Dental Click (tongue on teeth)
Latin Letter Alveolar Click (tongue behind teeth)
Latin Letter Retroflex Click (tongue on roof of mouth)
Latin Letter Lateral Click (like alveolar, air released to side)
Source: http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-unicode.htm
Descriptions of these are at:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.ling.mq.edu.au/~rmannell/ling210/airstream_laryngeal/nasal_click.shtml+click+retroflex&hl=en
-Matt Jensen
NewsBlip.com
Seattle
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 ThosStew@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/27/01 7:24:59 AM, strata@virtual.net writes:
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> << its name is "LATIN LETTER BIDENTAL
> PERCUSSIVE. And its description is "audible teeth gnashing". >>
>
>
>
> there'x also « U+02AC Latin Letter Bilabial Percussive
>
> perhaps this is the sound of lip-smacking
>
> Tom
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