Word: glottal
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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...just the way they did that they built a house for us." As a starter, the linguists began asking the names of everyday things: banana, fire, water, house, etc. It was tough going. They found that the only difference between many words was the presence or absence of a glottal stop (written ' in the phonetic system devised by Townsend). For example, 'ino ka 'okë 'ikën means "The jaguar is at the other side of the river." Pronounced without the stop before the third word, the same sounds mean "The jaguar has come." Townsend...