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: Jen / Qua (quabazaa) wrote in linguaphiles,
2007-06-24 02:05:00

Jen / Qua
quabazaa
linguaphiles
2007-06-24 02:05:00

Clicks!

Can anyone give advice on how to produce click consonants? Especially the variations between different types of clicks. I mean, I can hear a lot of the differences but I just don't know what to do with my mouth to make them!! Any suggestions? Has anyone else taught themselves to make click consonants?

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