--- Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> wrote:
<snip>
> If compounds of two or more words are allowed,
> and your derivational patterns include both prefixes
> and suffixes, it seems that a word of seven
> syllables
> might be ambiguous, e.g.:
>
> (prefix + word1) + word2
> or
> (word1 + suffix) + word2
> or
> word1 + (prefix + word2)
> or
> word1 + (word2 + suffix)
>
> This might also be an ambiguity re:
> the word boundary in a two-word phrase.
Maybe I could use dipthongs in prefixes and suffixes,
but nowhere else. Thus kianalija could only be
kia+nalija and kulajipenalijua can only be
kulaji+penali+jua.
<snip>
>
> Also, unless you want phonemic gemination, you need
> to exclude /n/ from the set of consonants that
> can form roots -- else the /n/ in a root
> and the /n/ in a derivational vowel pattern
> could end up adjacent.
>
Good point. The other alternative would be to have an
alternative, like substituting 'L' for 'N' if two
consecutive Ns would result. Thus:
nalija -> analinja
--but--
patina -> apatilna
--gary