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Re: Rotokas (was: California Cheeseburger)

From:Jean-François Colson <fa597525@...>
Date:Thursday, June 17, 2004, 23:33
Here's the text I've found on language-museum.com
(http://www.language-museum.com/r/rotokas.htm):

Vo tuariri rovoaia Pauto vuvuiua ora rasito pura-rovoreva. Vo osia rasito
raga toureva, uva viapau oavu avuvai. Oire Pauto urauraaro tuepaepa aue
ivaraia uukovi. Vara rutuia rupa toupaiva. Oa iava Pauto oisio puraroepa,
Aviavia rorove. Oire aviavia rorova. Uva Pauto tarairoepa oisio aviavia
vearopai, uva va vaisireva oisio Avi Voki. Oire varei rovirieireva oisio
oavua rupa voki ora oavua avi voki. Eva rovopa voki rutu. Pauto reoroepa uva
rukuta vuvutauvira kaeoviropa uukovi ivara iava viara iare. Uva Pauto voa
vaisireva va iava vo vuvuiua. Evaia eraopa voki.





In that 462-letter text 12 letters are used (the numbers after each letter
is the number of times the letter is used in the text):



G 1

K 9

P 21

R 49

S 9

T 17

V 65



A 103

E 24

I 59

O 59

U 46





There's no final consonant and no consonant cluster.





If we admit the syllable structure is (C)V, here are the syllables used in
the text:



A 37

E 11

I 27

O 21

U 24



GA 1



KA 1

KI 5

KO 2

KU 1



PA 19

PU 2



RA 16

RE 11

RI 3

RO 14

RU 5



SI 9



TA 3

TO 10

TU 4



VA 26

VE 2

VI 15

VO 12

VU 10



And finally, here are the single vowels:



A 51

E 13

I 20

O 34

U 21



The "double" vowels (2 vowels in a row):



AA 1

AE 1

AI 6

AO 1

AU 9



EA 1

EI 1

EO 1



IA 13

IO 4



OA 5

OE 3

OI 7

OU 2



UA 3

UE 1

UU 2



The "treble" vowels:



AEO 1

AIA 2

AUE 1

IEI 1

UIA 1



And the "fourfold" vowels:



OAIA 1

UIUA 2