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Re: the Most Consonants in a row?

From:wayne chevrier <wachevrier@...>
Date:Thursday, September 15, 2005, 17:05
Rodlox R nevesht:
> >>Subject: Re: the Most Consonants in a row? >>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:35:56 +0100 >> >>Chris Bates wrote at 2005-09-14 19:54:08 (+0100) >> > The word can be seen at: >> > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nux%C3%A1lk_language >> > >> > Under the "Syllables" section, but if you don't have the right >> > fonts installed you might not see some of the symbols. And it can't >> > really easily be given in normal letters, since as far as I know >> > there's no standard orthography and some of the sounds aren't found >> > in English so it can't really easily be rendered using the standard >> > English values. >> > >> >>I think that _is_ the standard orthography. If your browser can't >>render it, the word > >according to the page that came up when I clicked on that link above, > >_Nuxálk language >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. >Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name._ > >thank you for the effort, though. > >>(meaning "he had had in his possession a >>bunchberry plant") is near the middle of page 5 of this document: >>http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/nina/papers/Bella Coola_handout.pdf > >out of curiosity, are bunchberries edible? >
Yes, but best used mixed with tastier berries.
> >> >>And I think I tried to approximate it in ascii for Trebor Jung once, >>look for it in the archives.
/xKp'X_wKtKpKKs/ in CXS xK = have p'X_wKt = bunchberries Kp = plant, herb KK = pluperfect s = possessive -Wayne Chevrier