User talk:James Crippen/Tlingit language

Nice article on Tlingit language! I hope you'll consider incorporating some of this into the main wiki page. A few comments/questions:
 * the velar stop in the English pronunciation of Tlingit is not aspirated (it's not a stressed syllable)
 * what is the source for the connection between Tongass and Tsimshian? I think Leer proposed some Tsimshian influence, but no genetic connection, if I recall correctly. What Leer (and Krauss) did find was evidence for a connection between Tongass and Eyak, with Tongass providing the missing link, so to speak.
 * The connection with Haida has been revived with recent work by John Enrico. I added some refernces to the Na-Dene languages page.
 * Under phonology, you say Tlingit is famous for the ejective series. Isn't the truly distinguishing feature the ejective fricatives. Ladefoged and Maddieson list only 3 languages with true ejective fricatives, including Tlingit. The other famous thing is the complete rounded series of velars and uvulars. In contrast, the presence of an ejective series doesn't seem so ditinguishing.
 * the glottal stop is a voiceless unaspirated stop, not an ejective

Again, great work! --Gholton 18:40, 10 July 2006 (UTC)