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From: sarima@netcom.com (Stanley Friesen)
Subject: Re: Creaky tones
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 04:21:37 GMT
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In article <3kk3pg$abg@bee.uspnet.usp.br>,
Mario Eduardo Viaro <maeviaro@cat.cce.usp.br> wrote:
>I used to read about the tones of the Vietnamese and the books very
>often says about two tones that must be pronounced with a creaky voice.
>What is it? 

It is a laryngealized sound.  In a vowel I believe this comes out
as a sort of semi-voiced sound.

I cannot locate an IPA representation of it in my one reference.


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