Re: Happy New Year (to some)
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 4, 2004, 6:24 |
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From: Axiem <axiem@...>
> As is probably evidenced, Fincaiyan is particle-based.
It's not all *that* obvious: it looked like a run-of-the-mill
language with many monosyllables, and resembles Polynesian
languages, or Japanese, in syllable structure.
> "ra" is subject, "ro" (direct) object, "ru" the verb.
This seems to be an unlikely kind of alliteration in a natural
language. The only phonological difference between agents and
patients appears to be the fact that the vowel of one particle
is [+low], and the other is [-low], and are otherwise identical!
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Thomas Wier "I find it useful to meet my subjects personally,
Dept. of Linguistics because our secret police don't get it right
University of Chicago half the time." -- octogenarian Sheikh Zayed of
1010 E. 59th Street Abu Dhabi, to a French reporter.
Chicago, IL 60637
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