Cristian Jensen wabbe:
> Geminates are uninterrupted successions of two identical short
consonants
> across a syllable boundary, as in; <bookcase> [buk.kejs]. Long
consonants
> on the other hand can be restricted within a syllable, as in
Swedish:
> "wide" <vitt> [vit:], which contrasts with "white" <vit> [vi:t]. Or
Pattani
> Malay; [bulE] vs [b:ulE], "moon" and "months" respectively.
In Biwa there is an important distinction between open and closed
syllables
pá /pA/ [p_hA:]
pat /pVt/ [p_hVt']
pata /pA.t@/ [p_hA.t_h@]
patta /pVt.@/ [p_hVt'.t_h@]
where [t'] means /t/ with no audiable release.
Would that [t't_h] combination count as geminated? Chleweyish has
also a similar feature, using simnilar orthographic forms:
pa /pA:/ [p_hA:]
pat /pA:t/ [p_hA:t']
patt /pat:/ [p_hat't_h] or [p_hat_h:]
pata /pA:.t@/ [p_hA:.t@]
patta /pat.t@/ [p_hat'.t_h@]
-- Carlos Th