> At 11:33 -0600 2003-04-02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >John Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/02/2003 11:28:28 AM: > > > >> Yes, I would consider those ogoneks. What do they signify in Dogrib? > >> Nasalisation? > > > >Not yet sure, but waiting to find out. > > I would imagine they are nasals as in Navajo.
Dogrib is a Dene (Athabaskan) language, and I concur with Michael. The marks in question are clearly ogoneks -- they have nothing to do with retroflex hooks. The convention is used to represent nasalized vowels by Athabaskanists. --Ken
