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Re: Word Construction for a New Conlang

From:Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
Date:Thursday, July 8, 1999, 11:36
Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>A lot of modern, descriptive grammars have a good and full chapter on >the phonotactics of the language they describe - you could do worse >than trying to find Solnit's _Eastern Kaya Li_, Rutgers' _Yamphu_ or >Ikroro's _The Kana Language_. These really differ from the old-style >grammars for classical languages.
I might try and get these grammars for myself so that I sorta have a=20 guide of how to describe the phonology of Boreanesian. Question: What=20 language families do these languages belong to? Since its Boudewijn=20 suggesting this, I'm guessing they are Tibeto-Burman or something? -kristian- 8)