Re: Kontaxta

Damian Yerrick wrote:

>"Ivan Baines" <kinetic_wab@...> wrote:
>
>> That may because the syllable structure is inspired by Japanese.
>> A syllable may be CV, V or C (but while in Japanese the only
>> C syllable is 'n', here pretty much any consonant can stand
>> as a syllable on its own).
>
>No, 'n' is not the only C mora in Japanese.  A high vowel (/i/, /u/)
>between two voiceless consonants will often become silent, and
>a final high vowel after a voiceless consonant drops out in men's
>speech as well.  For instance, kana spelling "kontashita" would
>be pronounced "ko-n-ta-sh-ta".
There's also geminates, which have one C mora (written small-tsu) followed
by one CV mora.

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