Re: TECH: Syllable generation

kcasada wrote:


> That would work, except that I would spend eight hours on it and then
> spill
> diet coke on the one and only copy.
> I know myself too well.
> I finally finished a basic syllable chart last night by doing some really
> unorthodox things to MS Word's table program, but I am still interested in
> the
> many ways that SMART people do this, whether involving computers or not.
I used Langmaker to generate the approx. 5000 Kash forms I use, but its
phonology is simple, mainly CVCV and CVCVC; it was pretty laborious what
with the occasional bug, and only 100 words per shot. But basically you
could make a table with slots for (initial C)(second C if possible)(3d C if
possible)(vowel)etc. etc. then fill them in as appropriate. I gather that's
sort-of what you did.

Langmaker having got lost along the way, I generated the +/- 40,000 proto
forms of Gwr by hand (but on the computer), but again the phonology is
simple, and it became almost automatic after a bit.