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Re: Georgian consonant clusters and syllables

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Thursday, January 15, 2004, 20:27
En réponse à Andreas Johansson :


>I can pronounce that without any epenthetics, but I cannot do an "r" between >two consonants of higher sonority without it sounding like a syllable peak.
Strange. I have no problem with that.
> Is >there any watertight definition of what constitutes a syllable?
I think it must exist, but I cannot find it right now :(( .
>FYI, not knowing what kind of "r" Georgian uses, I say it with a voiceless >retroflex approximant.
I just use an alveolar trill, IIRC that's the sound in Georgian. Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.

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