Re: Unilang: the Phonotactics

Ray wrote:
> >With
> >final /m/ added, there's a problem: so it's allowed to assimilate
> >final /n/, but not final /m/?
>
>So what do we do to avoid assimilation?  Put in an extra [p] as in _dreamt_
>/drEmpt/?  What about the sequence -mk- /mpk/ ???
To me, this practice of inserting extra stops have always seemed strange. I
find /dremt/ much easier to pronounce than /drempt/ - apparently heaps of
people disagree ...

I don't even bother to try to get an [p] into "empty", so I'd not be to
thrilled by a Unilang that happily inserts extra "p"s and "b"s.

                                                        Andreas
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