Re: Many consonants
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 7, 2001, 10:30 |
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> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 03:20:11 -0500
> From: Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
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> Swedish _Ernstskts_ [{n`s`t`s`kts] pretty good. It's the name _Ernst_, plus
> adjectival -sk, t-gender -t and genitive -s, meaning something like "of an
> Ernstian (thing)". Only seven consonants, but final ...
A Danish linguist (Helmslev, I think) came up with the following to
illustrate how many final unvoiced consonants Danish can pile up:
Et holmbladsk lys' styrke er st