Re: CHAT: minimum phonemes, was Re: vrindo
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| Date: | Sunday, June 20, 1999, 19:24 |
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Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 20/06/99 20:03:35 , vous avez =E9crit :
> Well, Tvern El has the following inventory:
> =20
> /t/, /d/, /k/, /g/, /f/, /v/, /R/, /l/, /n/ 9 consonants.
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> /E/, /a/, /I/ 3 vowels.
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> 12 total.
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> Of those /R/, /l/ and /n/ are restricted to syllable final position and t=
he
> other consonants are restricted to syllable initial position.
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wow ! that's not a many, really ! i did not notice that. no m, p, s, o, u at=20
all ?
why that ? this is really interesting.
mathias