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Re: making up words

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Thursday, March 21, 2002, 21:08
I forgot zbz-, zdz- and zgz- ...

                                         Andreas

I wrote:
> >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 > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com
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