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Re: Consonant Harmony?

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, February 17, 2000, 1:47
nicole perrin wrote:
> I was toying with the idea of vowel harmony in a new lang, but I never > really liked it as a trait, so I got curious. Are there any natlangs > that use "consonant harmony?"
Yes. I believe it's Guaraní, a native american language spoken in Peru (?) that has a nasal harmony rule, where all consonants in a word must be either nasal or non-nasal [if it is Guaraní, then I suspect that that name was applied by another tribe] -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson 4 Wafsafíif watyánivaf plal 273 ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor