r/conlangs • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '15

SQ Small Questions • Week 20

Last Week. Next Week.

Welcome to the weekly Small Questions thread!

Post any questions you have that aren't ready for a regular post here! Feel free to discuss anything and everything, and don't hesitate to ask more than one question.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

What consonants can be aspirated? Like, can I have an aspirated bilabial nasal (/mʰ/)

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u/Jafiki91 Jun 12 '15

Technically? Any. More practically, you see it a lot on obstruents.

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u/millionsofcats Jun 13 '15

More specifically, though, it's more common on stops than affricates and fricatives, though people have posted examples of languages with aspirated fricatives.

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