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Re: Euphonic phonology (Was: 'Nor' in the World's Languages)

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpjonsson@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 9, 2006, 19:00
caeruleancentaur skrev:
> > > When I first began the phonology of Senjecas, I wanted the PIE roots > to sound like Hawaiian. So I first had to get rid of consonant > clusters & diphthongs. Every vowel is a syllable. There are no > geminate consonants.
This reminds me of Tocharian which threw out all manner of articulation distinctions for stops (but introduced distinctive palatalization).