Hallo!
Yahya Abdal-Aziz wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote, in reply to Patrick Littell:
>
> [self-segregation scheme snup]
>
> Hi Jörg,
>
> I'd say your scheme was both logical and ingenious.
Thank you!
> BTW, I disagree that the consonant clusters arising from
> the other scheme (Patrick's, if I remember correctly),
> are hideous - they do seem to be quite pronounceable, and
> to respect the kind of sonority hierarchy shown at
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonority_hierarchy.> I rather like the sound of "kotuhqafsmit" - sure beats
> trying to pronounce Nuxálk (Bella Coola)!
True.
> But back on-topic - what kinds of schemes occur in
> natlangs, and with what kinds of frequency, for both
> morpheme- and word-level segregation? And if such data
> is available, are there any plausible theories to account
> for them?
AFAIK, self-segregating schemes tend not to occur in natlangs.
That is also why I don't use any such schemes in my naturalist
artlangs (such as Old Albic).
Greetings,
Jörg.