Re: Tonal Languages taken to extremes

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> There are languages which require onsets.  In fact, I think Arabic is an
> example.  I know that Arabic words can't *begin* with a vowel, things
> like al- are actually pronounced with an initial glottal stop.
The same is true of German, although the orthography does not note it.

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