Re: Gweinic Description: Phonology and Roots (Corrections)

On Sat, 3 Jun 2000 09:09:31 CDT, Anthony M. Miles
<theophilus88@...> wrote:

>I am not sure whether a syllable containing a syllabic consonant is
>open or closed. Normally, I would say that a closed syllable ends in
>a consonant, and therefore the syllable S must be closed, but a normal
>closed syllable contains at least a vowel as well. Any thoughts?
On analogy with how it works in languages like Sanskrit or Czech, I
would say that syllabic resonants are mostly equivalent to simple
vowels. Optionally, they can support the short vs. long opposition
(in Slovak, Serbian/Croatian, less commonly in Sanskrit) and carry
different tones.


Basilius