[lojban-beginners] Re: "x" sound

[Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:01:53 -0400, Betsemes <betsemes@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm still unsure on which sound it might be, but I've guessed it's the same
> "H" sound used in Klingon (as in /baH/ or /'oH/).

Well, I don't know any native speaker of Klingon whose pronunciation
one could use as a model, but the Klingon dictionary also mentioned
German "Bach" as a model, and I've seen it marked as IPA [x]
(voiceless velar fricative). In this case, Klingon |H| and Lojban |x|
would sound the same.

(As for me, my German /x/ is more of an [X] -- voiceless *uvular*
fricative -- but YMMV. I think [X] would also be acceptable for Lojban
/x/ since it cannot be confused with another sound.)

mu'o mi'e .filip.
-- 
Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>