Gutturals Sentence Examples
gutturals
Ch is always to be sounded as in church, g is always hard; y always represents a consonant; whilst kh and gh stand for gutturals.
If this last identification be correct it would show that in Messapian (just as in Venetic and Ligurian) the original velars were retained as gutturals and not converted into labials.
It is very soft and musical, full of vowels and liquids, and free from all harsh gutturals.
In the second period the gutturals have been palatalized, but there yet is no change of final s to r.
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