Re: making up words

Ray wrote:
>My immediate task now is to program coding that will generate all the
>possible root words in BrSc   :)
On a related note, computer-generating words or roots is much easier for
languages with a simple and regular syllable structure than for ones with
more liberal structures.

I've never attempted to map all possible consonant clusters in Tairezazh,
but lemme see if I can produce a list for all possible initial clusters
beginning in /z/:

z-
zb-
zd-
zg-
zbl-
zdl-
zgl-
zbr-
zdl-
zgl-
zbn-
zdn-
zgn-
zdz-
zdzh- (/zdZ-/)
zl-
zr-
zn-
zv-
zbd-
zgd-
zbv-
zdv-
zgv-

That'd be twenty-five or so ...

I should add that most of these aren't found in Tairezazh relatively small
lexicon yet, but they ought be allowed on general principles, and on analogy
with the voiceless counterparts (voiceless sounds are generally more common
than their voiced counterparts).

                                                  Andreas


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