Re: Extra Syllabic Consonants
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 15, 2005, 22:29 |
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:52:43 -0400, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>
wrote:
> Oh, for languages with syllabic fricatives, check out IT Berber...
> I'm failing to find a link. Well, I do remember one word:
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> /nZm/ (no schwas) "to manage to escape"
>
> Of course, that's a voiced fricative, but I believe it has voiceless
> nuclei as well.
Come to think of it, I *swear* I remember on this very list a compelling
case being made that a particular Berber word (or maybe more than one?)
had syllabic /t/, but I might be misremembering.
I'm starting to develop my own idea of what constitutes a syllable. Stay
tuned, I may yet expound...
Paul
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