Re: Conlang Typology Survey
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 20, 2003, 18:00 |
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On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 01:11:53PM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote:
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> > 15. number of phonemes
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> Hmm, hard one to answer. Theoretically, about 2160 possible syllables, 27
> times that if you count final syllables. However, only a small subset is
> actually used.
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Gah, I *completely* misunderstood that. Apparently my brain isn't working
this morning.
There are 27 consonants and 9 vowels in Ebisedian, although there is also
breathing, nasality, length, and pitch as well. That makes a theoretical
number of 108 distinct vowel phonemes (not counting pitch). Which makes a
total of 135 phonemes.
T
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